"It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States." — John F. Kennedy, October 22, 1962
Kennedy's "quarantine" approach as illustrated represented which kind of diplomatic strategy?
- Acheck_circle
A flexible, graduated response that combined military pressure with negotiation
- B
A return to massive retaliation doctrine
- C
Brinkmanship without back-channel diplomacy
- D
Unilateral preemptive air strike followed by invasion
Explanation
Kennedy rejected both inaction and immediate strikes, choosing a naval blockade ("quarantine") to allow time for negotiation. A secret deal removing U.S. Jupiter missiles from Turkey accompanied the public Soviet withdrawal.