The creation of the Castro regime and the subsequent Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most important events of the 20th century. It was the tensest moment of the Cold War, coming very close to inciting a nuclear war and changed the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union drastically. However, it was very close to not succeeding. When Castro and his supporters arrived in Cuba, they had a force of 81 men (Cuban). By the end of the day, this had been reduced to 20 revolutionaries against the army of 20,000 that Batista controlled (Cuban). Against all odds, the 20 revolutionaries, including Fidel and Raul Castro and Che Guevara gathered supporters in rural areas to form a guerrilla fighting force that resisted the Cuban army (Cuban). Later, the entirety of the revolutionary army was captured, but Castro delayed negotiation talks enough for his army to escape, narrowly escaping total defeat(Cuban). Clearly, it is easy to imagine that one of many things could have gone wrong and the revolutionary forces would have been crushed easily by the larger army of Batista. Because of the importance of the event and the fact that it was very close to failure, we decided to ask the question: what if the Cuban Revolution didn't happen?