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In The Decade Following The First Gulf War, Most Observers Regarded It As An Exemplary Effort By The International Community To Lawfully And Forcefully Hold A Regional Aggressor In Check. Interpretations Have Changed With The Times. The Gulf War Led To The Stationing Of Us Troops In Saudi Arabia, An Important Contributing Cause Of The 9/11 Attacks. The War Also Led To A Long Obsession With Saddam Hussein That Culminated In A Second, Far Longer, American-led War With Iraq. In Into The Desert, Historian Jeffrey Engel Has Gathered An All-star Cast Of Contributors To Reevaluate The First Gulf War: Michael Gordon Of The New York Times; Sir Lawrence Freedman, Former Foreign Policy Advisor To Tony Blair; American Ambassador To Iraq And Afghanistan Ryan Crocker; Middle East Specialist Shibley Telhami; And Richard Haass, President Of The Council On Foreign Relations. Engel And His Contributors Examine The War's Origins, The War Itself, Its Impact Within The Arab World, And Its Long-term Impact On Military Affairs And International Relations. All Told, Into The Desert Offers An Astute Reassessment Of One Of The Most Momentous Events In The Last Quarter Century.