Thirteen days

Evans 2022-03-23 09:02:15

The Cuban Missile Crisis is said to be the closest humanity has come to a nuclear war. What kind of force has overcome all irrational choices? What kind of decision-making and implementation mechanism can still allow the Soviet Union to make concessions, while still allowing the United States to not lose face, despite the constraints of the House of Representatives, media stalking, and hawkish advocacy? Follow the rules, but can affect the triggering conditions of the rules; have a heavy hand, but still take into account the serious consequences after use, history always includes those things that happened and didn't happen.

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  • Alessandra 2022-04-20 09:01:53

    8/10, the film tells people who should lead the world. The storyline is tense and the events are narrated clearly.

  • Celestine 2022-03-28 09:01:05

    The Cuban Missile Crisis from the U.S. Perspective, a Classic Case of the Prisoner’s Dilemma: The U.S. and the Soviet Union cannot communicate properly, and their rational choice is to preemptively detonate the other party, but cannot eradicate the other party’s nuclear force. annihilation, which is an unacceptable outcome for both parties. Therefore, Kennedy chose to intimidate Khrushchev externally to suppress the hawks internally, and finally forced Khrushchev to choose cooperation to resolve the missile crisis.

Thirteen Days quotes

  • [Soviet ships turn away from the U.S. blockade of Cuba]

    Dean Rusk: We were eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fella just blinked.

  • Robert F. Kennedy: We've got a bunch of smart guys. We lock 'em in a room and kick 'em in the ass until they come up with some solutions... I'll do it.