Reader's guide -- Persian Gulf war timeline -- Saddam Hussein : excerpt from meeting with U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie (July 25, 1990) -- King Hussein of Jordan : excerpt from "It's not too late to prevent a war" (September 23, 1990) -- Fariba Nawa : exc erpt from "A 'camel jockey' in an American classroom" (December 24, 1990) -- George Bush : excerpt from announcement of War against Iraq (January 16, 1991) -- Peter Arnett : excerpt from Live from the battlefield : from Vietnam to Baghdad -- Anonymous Ira qi Army Lieutenant : excerpt from The mammoth book of war diaries and letters -- H. Norman Schwarzkopf : excerpt from Press briefing (February 27, 1991) -- Samuel G. Putnam III : excerpt from War letters -- George W. Bush : "Axis of evil" speech -- Colin Powell -- Transcript of the Secretary of State addressing the United Nations -- George W. Bush : announcement that The war is over (aircraft carrier speech).