Work Edition Movie Review

Marcella 2021-12-23 08:01:18

This movie is a movie with a bright political color. The background event of the movie is the Cuban missile crisis during the Soviet-American Cold War. In mid-October 1962, when US intelligence officials in Washington were conducting routine intelligence data analysis, they discovered problems in photos taken by U-2 planes flying over Cuba. They confirmed that the Soviet Union is building a base in San Cristóbal, southwest of the Cuban capital, Havana, to deploy short- and medium-range missiles and the Il-28 heavy bomber carrying nuclear weapons. Missiles launched from these bases can hit most important American cities from Lima, Peru to Hudson Bay, Canada. When the news reached the White House, it caused a series of panic. Fortunately, then President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy were able to cope with it calmly. At 7 pm Eastern Time on October 22, President Kennedy delivered a radio speech to the United States and the world in his study at the White House, announcing the fact that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba, and pointed out that this "secret, rapid, and Unusual missile facilities" are "deliberate provocations and unreasonable changes to the status quo, which are unacceptable to the United States." Therefore, on the one hand, the United States publicly issued a warning to the Soviet Union, demanding that the Soviet Union withdraw its short-range nuclear weapons from Cuba, and at the same time set up a maritime blockade against Cuba by using its naval and air forces in the vast waters of the Caribbean Sea to carry out the so-called "isolation." In this way, a crisis broke out between the two superpowers of the world-the United States and the Soviet Union, bringing the entire world to the brink of nuclear disaster. Through the eyes of Senior Special Assistant to the White House Kenneth O'Donnell, the film reproduces the crisis-ridden thirteenth day.
First, let's analyze the background of the plot of this movie from an economic point of view, and why this crisis occurred. We know that after the Second World War, the United States' economic strength has increased dramatically, and it has a comprehensive advantage in the capitalist world economy. After completing the transition from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy, the U.S. economy continued to grow from the 1950s on the basis of the above-mentioned advantages. But the Soviet Union, which experienced the fascist invasion of World War II, suffered a severe economic blow. The industrial foundation left over from the Stalin era played a more important role. Relying on the industrial development of the Stalin model, the Soviet Union achieved a miraculous development in post-war economic reconstruction. In terms of military affairs, the Soviet Union relied on a strong base of heavy industry and some German researchers, reaching or surpassing the level of the United States. The narrowing of the gap between the United States and the Soviet Union also expanded the Soviet Union's ambitions in the international community, making the collision between the United States and the Soviet Union even more intense. This can explain why the Soviet Union could not wait to form its own military force in Cuba.
After analyzing the economic background, we then proceeded to the film. In fact, we can see a lot of knowledge from the then U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his decision-making team.
First, let's talk about public decision-making. Public decision-making refers to the decisions made by public organizations in the process of managing social public affairs. It is the primary link of public management and runs through the entire public management process. In this movie, Kennedy and his decision-making team played a crucial role in the entire incident. We can see from the film that when a crisis occurs, the president’s decision-making team can think calmly, analyze forward intelligence objectively, judge the current situation, and first resolve this overwhelming situation, and in the entire decision-making process, It is very important to be firm in your own ideas and not to be shaken by outsiders. We can see that in the whole process, the military is the main battle. The missile set by the Soviet Union in Cuba is a great threat to the security of the United States, and its range includes most of the United States. In the simplest way of thinking, the United States directly dispatched the air force to bomb the Soviet base in Cuba is an easy solution. But this method is too simple and rude, and it is easy to lead to terrible consequences: the United States fights Cuba, the Soviet Union attacks Berlin, and NATO dispatches, triggering a world war. Why public decision-making is necessary is to avoid dictatorship. The Kennedy government decision-making group conducted many days of discussions. After full internal discussion and data collection, a comprehensive analysis of the pros and cons of each plan was carried out to assist Kennedy in making the most appropriate situation. Analysis and decision making. Through various comparisons, they chose a maritime blockade and used air strikes as a backup method while conducting private negotiations. Just as President Kennedy pointed out in summing up the lessons of the crisis: “While protecting their important interests, nuclear powers should be careful not to push their opponents into desperation, making him either choose a shameful defeat or choose to launch a nuclear war. If it really happens. Such a thing is a major failure of our policy, or our pursuit of the end of the world." This is the best manifestation of the importance of public decision-making. If it is the dictatorship of the president alone, maybe I will not write this here now. Film review.
After you watch the film, you should find that the whole film describes the entire event process from the perspective of the President's special assistant Kenneth P-O'Donnell. Through this film, we can also know two high-ranking figures, that is, President John F-Kennedy and his brother Budi. O'Donnell and Buddy played a very important role in the entire incident, policy advisors. A correct, calm, and sensible decision is inseparable from the judgment of the core leader, and even more so from the support and analysis of the policy advisers around him. Throughout the film, the two of them have always been by the president’s side to make suggestions and contribute to the advancement of the event. The peaceful settlement has made a great contribution. When the president and others decided to block news about Cuban missiles from the media and even his own public relations director, his assistant rushed out of the elevator and yelled at a media person. The purpose was to avoid public panic before the government decided on countermeasures and the situation went out of control. Another scenario is that the Air Force lieutenant colonel flew over the Cuban missile base and was attacked. He told his colleagues that he "only hit a sparrow" and also lied to the military high-level officers in order to prevent them from making strong proposals to the President for war. Special assistance played an extremely important role in both incidents. In addition, Kennedy organized a crisis management committee to allow this committee to discuss completely freely and openly. In this meeting, all participants are equal, and they can put forward their opinions and modify the views of the other party. I hope it will be helpful to hold this meeting. After full discussion and complete collection of information, the team of the President of the United States can make correct decisions. They have played a vital role in the implementation of the policy.
Of course, President Kennedy played a decisive role in the entire decision-making process. A good public decision-making system and a group of excellent policy assistants cannot make the final decision. The president holds the power to weigh the trade-offs, and his decisions are related to the peace of a country and even the world. In the film, US President John F. Kennedy was able to deal with various pressures calmly and calmly on the premise of a peaceful solution after he learned about the information related to the Cuban nuclear bomb crisis. US President John F. Kennedy and his leadership group succeeded in making correct decisions time and time again with the goal of letting the American people survive this crisis, so that the crisis was resolved smoothly, although the film vigorously promoted Great Americanism, the hero Ism, but we cannot deny the art of leadership in the film. Starting from this film alone, it is not completely unreasonable that John F. Kennedy can be named the ten great presidents in American history. From a human point of view, compared with U.S. President George W. Bush, Bush was able to launch an attack. The Iraq War, but after the war, there was no evidence of nuclear bombs hidden in Iraq, and the series of actions carried out by US President John F. Kennedy were all supported by evidence. He is also a multi-stage, multi-step optimization plan when making decisions, which is completely a model of successful leadership. He can listen to many opinions. For example, when driving the Soviet ships back, the high-level leadership groups in the United States at the time were all independent in command. Many high-level generals had their own opinions, and some even wanted to start war. Extremists, these people are constantly looking for the fuse for the war. However, at this time, the John F. Kennedy soldiers did not immediately order the fire. Instead, after repeated consideration, they listened to the opinions of others, and comprehensively summarized all the opinions. At the most critical moment, they were not affected by other undesirable suggestions and issued the correct order. The command. Military figures generally support air strikes and invasions, and use force to solve problems. However, as President of the United States, Kennedy understands that once force is used, World War III is inevitable, and the nuclear weapons possessed by the United States and the Soviet Union are sufficient to end human history. In national interests and peace, he chose peace instead of trading war for the Soviet Union's compromise. This is not only a victory for the United States, but also a victory for world peace.
So far, the Cuban missile crisis is still considered to be the most dangerous moment for human survival. It almost led to a thermonuclear war. Kennedy and Khrushchev have a high degree of agreement on this. In June 1963, Kennedy delivered a speech, emphasizing that the United States and the Soviet Union share a common humanitarian spirit and practical interests in avoiding nuclear annihilation. Washington and Moscow soon established a hotline for their leaders, and there was no longer a nuclear war bet. The history of the Cuban Missile Crisis has seriously warned future generations to never use the threat of the use of nuclear weapons to bet on the fate of the country. Kennedy’s success is indeed largely dependent on luck.
The Shocking Thirteen Days restored to a certain extent the real historical scenes of the year. Although it beautified the image of the United States, after all, it was told from the perspective of the United States, but the overall sense of urgency of the events of the year was restored. Finally, I think that we must start with economic development if we want to be strong. No one will tolerate inferior military methods.

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Extended Reading
  • Mona 2022-04-22 07:01:34

    When both ends of the pendulum were destroyed, the game became a ballet on the edge of the cliff, trembling with fear, but fortunately, like all great artistic performances, they successfully won applause.

  • Peter 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    In contrast, the collection of fears that was filmed later is too bad.

Thirteen Days quotes

  • Robert McNamara: A quarantine prevents any more missiles from reaching Cuba, but it doesn't remove the missiles already there; it gives the Soviets a chance to pull back without a war. If they refuse to remove the missiles, we retain the option to strike and invade.

    Robert Kennedy: A sneak attack would be counter to what the United States stands for. It leaves us no room to maneuver, and the inevitable Soviet response would force us into a war.

  • President Kennedy: [summarizing their options] So quarantine, or air strike?

    Adlai Stevenson: [clears throat] There, uh, there is a third option. With either course we undertake the risk of nuclear war, so it seems to me that maybe one of us in this room should be a coward... so, I guess I'll be. A third course is to strike a deal: We trade Guantanamo and our missiles in Turkey; get them to pull their missiles out. We employ a back channel; we attribute the idea to U Thant. U Thant then raises it at the UN.

    President Kennedy: I don't think that's possible, Adlai.