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oct 18, 1962 - Language becomes important

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The Ex Comm among other legal advisors stress the need to be careful with language. Kennedy is told that this must a 'quarantine'. A quarantine can be claimed to be a block of only offensive materials, whereas a blockade can be read as a complete cut-off and can legally be interpreted as an act of war.

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The Cubam Missile Crisis (Briggs 2005, p. 57)

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oct 18, 1962
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