13 Days Jfk Inaugural Speech

Somehow in the disagreements between humans, the power to end humankind was created and from such was born the threat of total annihilation of current society. These themes of armageddon and the dangers of atomic weapons are explored in the movie 13 Days. 13 Days is a movie about John F. Kennedy’s short presidency, and his part to play in the cold war, which was the infamous Cuban Missile Crises. What made the Cuban Missile Crises infamous and 13 Days suspensive was the situation in which John F. Kennedy had to operate under and his unique way of dealing with the problem. Through John F. Kennedy’s actions, he taught the world important new ideas of communication and war and helped shape the world as it is today. Ideas about communication and

This new way of speaking to the public enabled him to be elected president and plays a key role in dealing with the cuban missile crises. With the advent of color television, JFK’s inaugural speech was the first to be broadcasted in color, and in doing so would spread his ideas throughout the country to the American people. In JFK’s inaugural speech he uses nationalism and strength through peace to give power to the government and set up justification for American involvement and possible conflict in Latin America. Television helped amplify, JFK’s words, creating the famous quote “ask not what you country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country”(Inaugural 4). It also communicates Kennedy’s character as a person who wants peace, but an eagle who isn’t afraid to fight. JFK’s character is shown in his statement, “Let us never negotiate out of fear, But let us never fear to negotiate” (Inaugural 3). This character is also reflected in the movie 13 Days. Even though John F. Kennedy is not depicted as a confident person, in the end he stands up to Russian aggression and continues to negotiate and de-escalate the Cuban missile crisis. Throughout all his decisions in the movie, Kennedy uses the papers by leaking information to

Kennedy. One of the great things about the movie was they way it conveyed tension. Besides the acting, tension was conveyed through the threat of a nuclear war and how certain actions could and could not have been taken. The amount of time also played a critical role in pressuring JFK to action. It is in these moments of tension that shows how war has changed. Although Nuclear weapons and new technologies have already changed the war in many ways, Kennedy has his own contributions to the changing face of war. JFK has alluded to the parallels of pre-world war generals to the world wars to their current situation, and in doing so recognizes that this war has new rules. John F. Kennedy writes these new rules in the movie by denying the existence of american citizens and manipulating information. These actions forged a new path in which countries waged war, not by weapons, but by information. If weapons by countries were enough to destroy the world, then it is only information of whether countries can destroy the other country, while protecting itself that becomes important. John F. Kennedy’s actions of blockading and diplomatic actions show his war interests of keeping the American citizens safe. This allows the USSR to communicate its intentions of the war and rewrites the rules of engagement. His willful decision to not get retribution by attacking the sam site is another example of these new rules, in which certain acts or the