<span>sexuality is both important and controversial</span>
<span>feudal states created by Western European crusaders in Asia Minor, Greece and the Holy Land, and during the Northern Crusades in the eastern Baltic area.</span>
Containment was about steady and coordinated action to achieve maximum results while avoiding direct conflict.
<span>Brinkmanship was about deliberately creating tense situations - actively pushing toward direct conflict - to achieve gains by making the opponent back down. </span>
