Although the effectiveness of these tactics can be question, it was in "a Korea and Indochina" that the Eisenhower administration effectively use brinkmanship, since this was part of the Cold War.
In Roman Calendar, December was the tenth month! :3
Maintain army and a navy, coin money, make treaties with foreign nations and raise taxes
In the spring of 1863, Edmonds and the 2nd Michigan were assigned to the Army of the Cumberland and sent to Kentucky. Edmonds contracted malaria and requested a furlough, which was denied. Not wanting to seek medical attention from the army for fear of discovery, Edmonds left her comrades in mid-April, never to return. “Franklin Thompson” was subsequently charged with desertion.