What would be some characteristics of a cold war as opposed to a hot war?

One main characteristic is that a cold war is carried out by the government where the main goal is to defeat each other on the political stage not on the battle field. A hot war is an actual war between to countries army. This can result in many lives lost and lots of destruction.

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it is the dominance of   the spanish language and roman catholic region in mexico, french being the official language of several african countries, and the existence of a western-style government in south asian countries

the big stick policy was to still look powerful, and be nice at the same time. the big stick policy was also to countries who were at war, find peace with eachother.

the dollar diplomacy was to expand american business and get it to latin america, for that would be good for the economy.

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