The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the ... To halt this offensive build up, a strict quarantine on all offensive military in equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated.

which in turn inspired the Soviet Union to establish missile bases in Cuba, which led to the “quarantine” of the island and ...

A quarantine, however ... the Soviet Union’s nuclear strike capability. Missile site construction began that summer. US-backed Cuban exiles had attempted to invade the Bay of Pigs with the ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis is most commonly conveyed ... when President Kennedy moved to impose a blockade, which he called a “quarantine” for diplomatic expediency, on Cuba.

We understand that for you certain difficulties may have emerged as a consequence of the promises we made to the United States to withdraw the missile ... their so-called "quarantine" -- their ...

See Poole, “Cuban Missile Crisis.” On 16 October ... Atlantic Fleet covering operational aspects of the quarantine are preserved in the operational archives at the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded. » VIDEO PREVIEW: Leadership in a nuclear world [opens in a new window] Key players: Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...