FROM THE ARCHIVES

The Persian Gulf War
Chronology of events leading to war

Before the war

Iraq
Iraq tightens its control over Kuwait
Baghdad says it will fight
Hussein seen able to parry pressure
Saddam Hussein: a violent climb from impoverished roots
Hussein's grip on Iraq power creates a dilemma for US
Ancient splits, colonial legacy weigh on Iraq

US reaction
Invasion denounced by Bush
US analysts weigh risks, pain and possible futility of sanctions
Bush says Iraq 'lied' about pullout
Bush outlines mission of defense as a defiant Iraq annexes Kuwait
Bush foresees possibility of Iraqi rebellion
A search for identity: beyond gulf, what of the US?

The crisis in the Gulf
Calculating an escalation's implications
United Nations testing new role in latest crisis
Iraq and the bomb: new US fears
US troops well prepared for desert war, analysts say

The international view
Mideast harbinger of post-Cold War era
Mounting crisis has worldwide implications

United Nations
UN-Iraq talks are seen as a last hope
Sanctions against Iraq voted in UN

On the home front
N.E. to pay for its oil-dependent ways
Public could rebel at political, economic and human cost of a war
For Arab-Americans, crisis poses searing choices

Fall 1990 — An evolving crisis

Preparing for war
Multinational force massing in the gulf is colorful but lacking a common purpose
US to add up to 100,000 to gulf force
US drafting UN measure on force
Bush plays down potential for war
Applying Vietnam's lessons
Bush won't vow to get approval for use of force
Support rises for war to defuse a nuclear Iraq
UN council approves use of force

Diplomacy
Gulf crisis gives rise to a new isolationist alliance
Bush, at UN, links Iraqi pullout to Mideast talks

On the home front
Risking war for gas-guzzlers
US Moslems say crisis distorts peaceful faith

Iraq
Iraqis see the future in the past
How Iraqis have split Arab world

The international view
From Kuwait, grisly tales of plunder, terror

Winter 1990-91 — The tension mounts

Preparing for war
Ethicists assail a plan to give troops unapproved vaccine
Congress appears set to ok use of force The debate in Congress
Congress, after emotional debate, authorizes use of force in the gulf
Congress eyes history in war debate
World waits on brink of war

Diplomacy
Bush offers direct talks with Iraq
US, Iraq hint readiness to seek accord
Aziz' loyalty belies air of flexibility
Baker-Aziz talks end in failure; Bush sees little hope for peace
Common ground was the refusal to give ground
Hopes turn to third-party solution

The international view
From Kuwait, Americans bring tales of suffering, survival
European public may lag in US-led war
War or not, a new order is emerging in Mideast
Among Arabs, shared reluctance to link gulf with talks on Mideast
Arab reaction to war could upset political balance, analysts say

Iraq
Playing the guessing game on Saddam Hussein
Analyst says Iraqi president 'dangerous' but 'no madman'
Saddam's troika: Islam, pan-Arabism and Israel

Antiwar movement
Antiwar group sets up 'human shield' in iraq
On the peace front, 2 major US groups are waging a war

On the home front
Stoicism replaces war fears for families of those in gulf
For army families, separation simply comes with the territory