Kennedy's 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis

13 days is a movie about the Cuban missile crises. It takes into the white house and shows you what it might have been like during the stressful time. The movie shows you the struggles that president Kennedy went through every day with trying to figure out what to do. It shows you just how close America was to the break of war. The Cuban missile crises was a 13 day stand with Soviet Russia and the United States during Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962. Russia wanted to put missiles onto Cuba so they could strike virtually any city in America. The Russians thought they were just evening the playing field because the United states already had missiles in turkey. The United states did not see it this way so President Kennedy had to come up with a way to stop the Russia from putting the missiles without starting a war.
If he was to aggressive then it could start a nuclear war which destroy the earth. If he was to passive, then Russia might think they could bully America into getting what they want and potentially starting a nuclear war. Kennedy was faced with the almost impossible of being sturdy and flexible at the same time to avoid war. He wasn’t sure if he should use political power or physical power to stop Russia. The Russians were not going to let America to physically stop them because they felt they were just leveling the playing field. After long consideration of all the possibilities the president decided that accepting a under the table deal where they will take out their missiles in turkey if Russia does the same in Cuba. This was a huge risky move by Kennedy it gave away a lot of leverage that we had over Russia. People feared it was giving to much away but it was a necessary trade to prevent