Pt. 1. Sins of the Fathers -- 1. Roots of Conflict: 1915-1989 -- Imperial Legacy / Phillip Knightley -- The Rise of Saddam Hussein / Judith Miller and Laurie Mylroie -- What Washington Gave Saddam for Christmas / Murray Waas -- The Men Who Helped the Man Who Gassed His Own People / Joost R. Hiltermann -- 2. The First Gulf War -- Realpolitik in the Gulf: A Game Gone Tilt / Christopher Hitchens -- U.S. Senators Chat with Saddam -- The Glaspie Transcript: Saddam Meets the U.S. Ambassador -- The Experts Speak on the Coming Gulf War / Edited by Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky -- How Saddam Misread the United States / Kenneth Pollack -- Pt. 2. Aftermaths of the Gulf War -- 3. Saddam Survives -- "We Have Saddam Hussein Still Here" / Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn -- Why We Didn't Go to Baghdad / George Bush and Brent Scowcroft -- Why the Uprisings Failed / Faleh A. Jabar --