The Cuban Missile Crisis is probably THE single point in time where humanity came closest to a global nuclear war! The conflict lasted 13 DAYS in October 1962.
During these tense days President Kennedy and Kruschev went back and forth in a high stakes game of superpower showdown. Both superpowers pushed their agendas as FAR as they could while not pushing SO hard as to trigger a nuclear war.
This balancing act of conflicting forces is EXACTLY the experience we want you to give you in 13 Days.