WI the USS Maine never blew up?

Would the Spanish-American War still have started?
Could we have eventually gained Cuba or the Philippines in some other way?
 
Yes, definitely. The Americans would just have come up with a another pretext to 'liberate' Cuba (I wouldn't know what kind of casus belli would be used though).
 
Yes, definitely. The Americans would just have come up with a another pretext to 'liberate' Cuba (I wouldn't know what kind of casus belli would be used though).
Agreed; the only way war could be avoided would be for Spain to concede Cuba, which they're not likely to do before the US can find or make a casus belli.
 
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