Dick Cheney was one of the last of his breed: the Cold War Republican.

The former vice president, who died Tuesday at age 84 , was a hardheaded man who wore many hats, from wunderkind 34-year-old White House chief of staff to defense secretary and No. 2 Republican in the House.

He left his most vivid mark as veep from 2001 to 2008.

For much of his life, Dick Cheney’s public image was that of Darth Vader, an unapologetic hardliner who was loathed by the left and the media — and who didn’t care if you hated him. AP

For everything Republicans have in common — and all their longstanding divisions on issues such as immigration and trade — a hawkish stance on foreign affairs was the glue holding the party together from Dwight Eisenhower’s election in 1952 through George W. Bush’s second t

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