Houston Community College System Thirteen Days Film Essay

Watch the film Thirteen Days.
The motion picture is on YouTube Movie & Shows at no cost to students. There are
ads.
You’ll be watching this film to give you a window on the events in 1963 when the
United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics nearly collided
in a nuclear war that would have ended most of the life on this planet.
The purpose of studying the Cuban Missile Crisis is to understand presidential
leadership in a crisis. It is important for students to recognize that presidents have
the power of launching nuclear missiles that could end our lives. How and why these
situations arise is the most important aspect of a president’s war-making abilities.
The president has sole use and authorization of nuclear weapons. Next to appointing
Supreme Court Justices the president’s nuclear power is the most important of
presidential powers.
Please consider and answer all of the following questions in an essay with a minimum
of 1,200 words. You are required to do a word count of your essay and type the
word count at the end of your paper. (Do not include footnotes in the word count).
1. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis develop? What was the immediate crisis and
the role of the Castro Revolution, the U-2 Crisis, the Bay of Pigs Crisis, the Berlin
Crisis, and the Vienna Summit.
2. How did the Kennedy administration resolve the Cuban Crisis?
3. What impact did the crisis management style teach us?
4. What is the danger of having a president who believes he is the only person who
can answer problems?
5. How would Trump have handled a Cuban Missile Crisis type situation?
6. Where are we now? Is there a danger of a nuclear war today? What is the NPR
and do we need more new nuclear weapons?
There are 21 articles researched for your use. Do not use sources other than these.
You should use at least 15 articles in your paper. You need to use these articles to
answer the questions above.
https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/01/04/other-terrifying-lesson-of-cuban-
missile-crisis-pub-75161
https://cubanstudiesinstitute.us/principal/what-we-learned-from-the-cuban-missile-
crisis-2/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/10/19/the-9-most-important-lessons-from-the-
cuban-missile-crisis/
org/2013/11/how-john-f-kennedy-changed-decision-making”>https://hbr.org/2013/11/how-john-f-kennedy-changed…