The Cold War in the 1960'S and the Cuban Missile Crisis

When does Stalin die

1953

When does FDR die

1945

When is Harry S Truman president

1945-53

When is Eisenhower president

1953-61

When is Kennedy president

1961-63

When is Johnson president

1963-69

When is Nixon president

1969-1974

When is Ford president

1974-77

When is Carter president 

1977-81

When is the East German uprising

1953

When is the Berlin crisis

1948

When is the Hungary student protests

1956

When does the Berlin Wall begin to be built

August 1961

When does Castro become PM of Cuba

February 1959

When is the Turkish-American agreement to station Jupiter missiles in Turkey

October 1959

When does Eisenhower authorises an operation to overthrow Castro

March 1960

when is JFK is inaugurated

January 1961

When is the The Bay of Pigs Invasion

17 April 1961 – 20 April 1961

When is the USSR - Cuba secret agreement to station missiles in Cuba

July 1962

When does the US photographs ballistic missile launch sites in Cuba

14 October 1962

When does JFK establishes Ex-Comm

16 October 1962

When does JFK publicly announces missiles in Cuba

22 October 1962

When does Khruschev refuses to remove missiles from Cuba

23 October 1962

When does the US naval 'quarantine' begins

24 October 1962

When does RFK offers to remove missiles from Turkey in a secret meeting with the USSR

27 October 1962

When does Khruschev agrees to remove missiles from Cuba, JFK announces the end of the crisis

28 October 1962

When is the Prague Spring

1968

What are some of the choices the US could do in regards to the Cuban Missile Crisis

1. Do nothing (the US had always been vulnerable to nukes – while it seems that
   balancing is logical here, the reasons to deal with Cuba were more political than
   strategic)

2.  Reply on diplomacy

3. Invade Cuba

4. Air strikes: knock out all missiles

5. Blockade