Presidential policy-making and the Gulf War / James P. Pfiffner -- The conflict between Congress and the president over war / Robert J. Spitzer -- The power of commander in chief / Louis Fisher -- Figuring out Saddam Hussein / Betty Glad -- The case FOR the war / Raymond A. Moore -- The case AGAINST the war / Marcia Lynn Whicker -- Vietnam and the Gulf War : comparing decision-making in America's longest and shortest wars / Harold Birch -- Media coverage of the Persian Gulf War / Mark J. Rozell -- The threat of terrorism : state-sponsored terrorism, the Bush administration, and the Persian Gulf War / Ruth Ann Strickland -- The direct and indirect costs of the Persian Gulf War / Lawrence J. Korb -- The president, the Persian Gulf War, and the United Nations / Donald J. Puchala -- U.S. foreign policy : the past and the future / Jim Anderson -- Conclusion : some lessons learned / Marcia Lynn Whicker.