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On the 15th October 1962, President John F Kennedy was presented with photographs showing Soviet nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba, just 90 miles off the Florida coast. So began the Cuban Missile Crisis, depicted in the political thriller Thirteen Days, Directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Costner.
Join our editor Ollie and Director Tim Hewitt as they discuss the film including best scene, best performance, most inaccurate scene and legacy rating.
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Thirteen Days
Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, by Max Hastings
Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine, by Lawrence Freedman
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On the 15th October 1962, President John F Kennedy was presented with photographs showing Soviet nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba, just 90 miles off the Florida coast. So began the Cuban Missile Crisis, depicted in the political thriller Thirteen Days, Directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Costner.
Join our editor Ollie and Director Tim Hewitt as they discuss the film including best scene, best performance, most inaccurate scene and legacy rating.
Links
Thirteen Days
Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, by Max Hastings
Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine, by Lawrence Freedman
Ollie on X
Tim Hewitt on X
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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