A flashy cover for an absolutely misleading content.

Rating: 1/10 (15 May 2005)

The absolute lack of resolution JFK and his staff showed in the Cuban crisis was the basis of the soviet assessment that USA would never stress a confrontation to the point of forcing them to face a global war, what Soviet Union never had the capability to do. During the crisis the IRBM in Cuba were almost the only effective nuclear threat against the USA, but liquid fuel rockets cannot remain ready to fire at short notice for more than a few hours, therefore a surprise attack would have wiped them away in minutes before they could be fueled.And the SAM 2 would be unable to protect them without the massive triple A that supported them in Viet Nam. But that genius of JFK let disclose the discovery of the missiles and gave away the chance of a surprise attack. The "reckless desire for peace" (so celebrated by Mr. Kostner)the National Command Authority displayed at the time can be traced back as the reason behind later soviet aggressions like Vietnam. The opinions of Mr. Kostner prove his willingness to share with JFK the blame and the responsibility for that tragedy. By the way the attempt to blame the military as a major cause of the crisis is simply disgusting.