Thirteen Days

Somewhere I had read the quote from Kennedy and I had liked it -- “Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

And I decided to watch the movie “Thirteen Days’ based on his dramatic solution. And hell, it shows how close we came to World War-III, precisely in October -1962 when Kennedy discovered that Soviet Union was installing nuclear missiles in Cuba and he wished to stop it desperately!!!

If you think the chair of the U.S. President is a seat of roses, after watching this movie, perhaps you’ll realize how many thorns are inside it. The movie entirely goes from the point of view of the White House. A group of highly intelligent men grapple a monumentally important problem – that’s to watch.

Well, I can’t express much here in my words. I liked the movie from the point is that it clearly (I mean very clearly) showed how even the slightest misjudgment by the U.S. or the Soviets during the crisis might have caused events to spiral out of control so that no one could prevent a nuclear holocaust. President Kennedy struggled hard to avoid making that one mistake which might be seen as an outright act of war by the Soviets.

The movie depicted the historical timeline of events, beginning with a high flying U-2 spy jet taking photos over Cuba uncovering missiles under construction. What I can say more is the script which was meticulously researched and was largely based on the secret tape recordings made inside the White House by President Kennedy.

A movie – must watch for everyone.

Uncle Sam was concerned if I would start reading on Kennedy after completing Achilles. Before he placed his question, I denied it.

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