Answer the questions in Exercise S3 for these examples of unsuccessful brinkmanship: (a) The U.S. budget confrontation between President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress in 1995....

Answer the questions in Exercise S3 for these examples of unsuccessful brinkmanship:

(a) The U.S. budget confrontation between President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress in 1995. Readings: Sheldon Wolin, “Democracy and Counterrevolution,” Nation, April 22, 1996; David Bowermaster, “Meet the Mavericks,” U.S. News and World Report, December 25, 1995–January 1, 1996; “A Flight that Never Seems to End,” Economist, December 16, 1995.

(b) The television writers’ strike of 2007–2008. Readings: “Writers Guild of America,” online archive of the New York Times on the Writers Guild and the strike. Available at http://topics.nytimes.com/top /reference/timestopics/organizations/w/writers_guild_of_america /index.html; “Writers Strike: A Punch from the Picket Line.” Available at http://writers-strike.blogspot.com.