r/worldnews • u/Urmomsjuicyvagina • 28d ago

Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing ‘friendly relations Russia/Ukraine

https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/russian-warships-will-arrive-in-havana-next-week-say-cuban-officials-citing-friendly-relations/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_wsvn
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u/Mazon_Del 28d ago

I've always kinda wanted to write a story that's about someone falling back in time and trying to improve things based on their knowledge of history...only for it to make things objectively worse because the history they learned is pretty much the propaganda piece that hides all the useful details.

"Oh, the Cuban missile crisis! Yeah I can help on this one! All you have to do Mr Kennedy is say no, play hardball, and they'll back down! You didn't give them an inch in my timeline!"

In actuality: Loads of wheeling and dealing going on behind the scenes to de-escalate the situation.

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u/Jorji_Costava01 28d ago

There’s a great book by Stephen King: 22-11-1963, which is about the Kennedy assassination and a guy going back to stop it, it sounds like what you’re looking for!

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u/Mazon_Del 28d ago

Thanks!

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u/dcoolidge 28d ago

It's also a TV show but the book is better ;)

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u/Annath0901 28d ago

I got fed up with that book because the protagonist kept fucking things up with the romantic interest by repeatedly lying to her instead of just fucking telling her the truth.

It was like multiple romantic comedies worth of miscommunication packed into one half of a book.

Maybe I should go back and try to power through it, because the premise is cool.

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u/RatsOfTheLab 28d ago

I find most of his books more impactful than the films made from them. With a film, you just sit and watch it. With his books, there is this huge sense of dread having to turn the page to see where the story goes.