Background of the conflict -- Saddam Hussein's rise to power -- Iraq invades Kuwait -- The United States and its Allies prepare for war -- The air war -- The ground war -- Immediate aftermath of the war -- Inspections and economic sanctions, 1992-2000 -- U.S. policy moves toward regime change in Iraq, 2001-02 -- Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 2003 -- The fall of Baghdad, April 2003 -- Building a democratic Iraq.