Offers an examination of all parties involved in bringing the nations to war, profiles Iraqi leadership, delves into the U.S. relationship with Iraq, and explores the real reasons why the U.S. made the demands they did to Saddam Hussein.

Knowledge is costly -- Cradle of conflict -- Shaping regime perspectives -- negative feedback loop: Saddam's miscalculations -- The UN resolves-- -- UNSCOM: the great game -- Targeting concealment -- The end of UNSCOM -- Breaking out: no inspections, crumbling sanctions -- Transition -- The new war -- Getting inside Iraq -- The begging of regime change -- Baghdad -- The generator -- Governing in the new Iraq -- Iraq survey group -- Plato's cave -- A bed -- Saddam -- The Al Abud network -- The comprehensive report -- Kansas.