Chapter contributors examine political, military, and foreign policy processes from micro and macro perspectives in documenting how President Bush personally dominated U.S. national security policy and was the driving force behind the United Nations-backed coalition of nations against Saddam Hussein.

Introduction by James P. Pfiffner The Presidency and War-Making Presidential Policy-Making and the Gulf War by James P. Pfiffner The Conflict Between Congress and the President Over War by Robert J. Spitzer The Power of Commander in Chief by Louis Fisher George Bush Goes to War Figuring Out Saddam Hussein by Betty Glad The Case FOR the War by Raymond A. Moore The Case AGAINST the War by Marcia Lynn Whicker The Home Front Vietnam and the Gulf War: Comparing Decision-Making in America's Longest and Shortest Wars by Harold Birch Media Coverage of the Persian Gulf War by Mark J. Rozell The Threat of Terrorism: State-Sponsored Terrorism, the Bush Administration, and the Persian Gulf War by Ruth Ann Strickland The Aftermath of the War The Direct and Indirect Costs of the Persian Gulf War by Lawrence J. Korb The President, the Persian Gulf War, and the United Nations by Donald J. Puchala U.S. Foreign Policy: The Past and the Future by Jim Anderson Conclusion: Some Lessons Learned by Marcia Lynn Whicker Selected Bibliography Index

Whicker examines political, military, and foreign policy processes from micro and macro perspectives in documenting how President Bush personally dominated the United Nations-backed coalition of nations against Saddam Hussein.