Bonus Question: How
is Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country a metaphor or analogy for the
end of the Cold War?
What larger historical issue or trend is Edsall trying to explain in this article?
How does the author explain the failure of the Republican Party to achieve majority status (become the larger party) in the 1970s and 80s?
What changes in party politics during the 70s and 80s did the author emphasize as key to explain changing policy of gov’t?
In short, what do the income distribution figures indicate?
What happened to the Democratic party in the 70s that allowed the Republican party to become majority party by 1980?
What factors does the author cite to that help the Republican party grow and gain new supporters?
What does the author say about the style of the Reagan presidency and why is this important?
How did Reagan approach foreign policy?
How did Reagan reshaped domestic policy?
How did Reagan approach the economy and what problems did this cause?
How has Cold War historiography evolved over the last half-century?
Why must historians and people reject setting blame in order to understand the Cold War?
How does the author explain the causes of the Cold War?
What is the fallacy of overinterpreting the enemy?
What is the fallacy of overinstitutionalizing policy?
What is the fallacy of national self-righteousness?
What is the fallacy that the Cold War was just a US-USSR duopoly?
What is the fallacy of the zero-sum game and what was its impact?