PAPERBACK EDITION

Story of the Conflict in Gulf War

A book on the Gulf War that covers all the political, diplomatic and military aspects with candor and objectivity.

About the Authors
Chief New York Times Pentagon correspondent Michael R. Gordon received the George Polk Award for International Reporting for his 1989 disclosures on Libya's chemical weapons program. He covered the Gulf conflict and the upheaval in Iraq, reporting from various countries and the region. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

A retired three-star Marine Corps general, Bernard E. Trainor served as the military correspondent for the New York Times from 1986 to 1990. A miliary consultant for ABC News, he currently serves as the Director of National Security Programs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and writes a weekly column on military affairs for the New York Times news service. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.