Persian Gulf War

In the thick of it

The United States as peacekeeper and policeman

The Middle East situation

Hussein and modern weapons

Kuwait invaded

Operation Desert Shield, a line in the sand

The air war and preliminary ground activities

On the home front

Desert Storm begins

Americans at war, Feb. 26-28, 1991

Immediate aftermath

Long-term aftermath

Peacekeeping in the 1990s and Persian Gulf War legacies.