INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: THE GULF WAR -- Chapter 2: THE PERIOD OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, 1991-1994 -- Chapter 3: THE FIRST CLASHES BETWEEN IRAQI KURDISH FACTIONS, 1994-1996 -- Chapter 4: THE PERIOD 1996-2001 -- Chapter 5: THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THE IRAQ WAR -- CONCLUSIONS