Guerrilla Warfare: An Instruction Manual Providing Little SuccessFrom July 26, 1953 to January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led an uprising against the current Cuban president, Flugencio Batista. This uprising, known as the Cuban Revolution, succeeded in overthrowing the Batista government and establishing a socialist state under the rule of Castro. In 1961 Fidel Castro became the undisputed leader of Cuba with strong popular and military support. Although Castro was the leading figure of the revolution in Cuba, his brother Raúl and friend Ernesto “Che” Guevara were instrumental in helping the revolution succeed. Guevara, originally from Argentina, was passionate about guerrilla movements and social revolution. Throughout his life, he traveled around Latin America and pursued his passion of being a transnational revolutionary. His greatest success was in Cuba, however, his ideas and tactics were transcended into many other movements across the continent with the publication of his 1960 book, Guerrilla Warfare. Here Guevara illustrates the most effective situations, tactics and skills for social revolution to occur. In his book he delves into the innate details regarding the strategy, tactics and enabling environment of guerrilla warfare. Although it describes the conditions necessary for a triumphant revolution, Guevara's book was not helpful in sparking other successful uprisings across Latin America because it downplays the importance of urban resistance and popular support as important factors to consider within of a successful social revolution. played a fundamental role in the Cuban Revolution, but the mobilization of peasants in rural areas was not entirely responsible for the… middle of the paper… We offer a blueprint, not a bible,” (Guevara , 1961). Therefore, yes can infer that his writings deal only with the experiences and conditions that arose in the context of the Cuban revolution. Many rebels in other Latin American countries, however, took his manual on guerrilla warfare as a rigorous guide Guevara's strategies have not led to a successful revolution in any country other than Cuba. While it provides useful guidelines, guerrilla warfare is not the only factor in the rebellion's success in countries such as Venezuela and Guatemala have led to less than ideal conditions for guerrilla warfare. The fact that Guevara overlooks the importance of these two circumstances in the rebel movement means that his book was unsuccessful in generating revolution throughout. Latin America..