San Antonio College Library

At dawn, on August 2, 1990, Iraq's troops stormed across the Kuwaiti border, collapsing the government the government of its tiny neighbor in a matter of hours.

The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq's surrender....