Why the Cold war lasted so long
Some reasons why the cold war lasted about 45 years
Q: What was the Cold war?
It takes a long time to come up with an decision and countries argued on multiple things.
Douglas MacArthur - General who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II and
War in the pacific lasted about 6 years.
Negotiations can take various time to come to an product.
The Great leap forward - Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy.
The plan was to last 5 years. Developing agriculture can take decades.
Cultural Revolution - Mao Zedong made the Cultural Revolution. This was in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government.
Although things moved and escalated quickly, many things came to change such as shutting down the school system.
38th parallel - Line dividing North and South Korea.
War before considering this line took some decent time. North Korea almost diminished, but help from China prevented this.