Carlow WCC 711 -Thirteen Days (2000)
You will watch the movie “Thirteen Days” (2000) starring Kevin Costner, based on the events of the Cuban missile crisis. The movie depicts, based on actual conversation transcripts, the sequence of events and the decision process during the crisis. For your initial posting prepare a PPT presentation answering the following questions:1. Your overall impression of the movie. Your favorite scene.2. What good aspects you observe in the decision making process (e.g. those minimizing well-known biases)?3. What aspects you found criticizable from a decision making process4. How do you compare the decision making process (to decide the Cuban blockade) versus the decision making process you watched last time (operation market garden)?5. Any caveat you would like to add based on this movie?
