Movie Review: 13 Days And The Cuban Missile Crisis

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The movie 13 Days is about the Cuban Missile Crisis that occurred during October 1962. The movie shows how John F. Kennedy and his advisers tried to negotiate with the Soviet Union to take their missiles out of Cuba. The United States first saw what looked like missiles with a U-2 spy drone on October, 16. Kennedy’s advisers had many different ideas for him to take the treat out. The Joint Chief of Staff wanted Kennedy to invade Cuba and destroy it with air strikes. Kennedy did not want to invade because then he thought that the Soviet Union then would invade Berlin. The movie then the movie just goes back and forth on what the President should do. Finally, the United States and Cuba/Soviet Union agreed that if the United States would pull

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