Evaluation:
Published: 03.09.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Thirteen Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis', 1.
  • Essays 'Thirteen Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis', 2.
Extract

Throughout the film, spy activity and technology occurred regularly. From the start of the film , U2 spy planes were used to locate trucks carrying nuclear weapons in Cuba. Spy activity continued throughout the ordeal, one notable occasion being when spy planes were sent over a Cuban missile base and shot photographs, getting fired upon.
Military chiefs were in great opposition to President John F. Kennedy's rational, peaceful methods, opting to use great force against the Cubans and Russian military occupying Cuba. …

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