Foreword / Fred I. Greenstein -- Introduction / Stanley A. Renshon -- Pt. I. The Origins of the Gulf War. 1. Patterns Forged in Time: Middle Eastern Mind-Sets and the Gulf War / L. Carl Brown -- Commentary on Part I: Arab Perceptions of History and the Question of Identity / Dankwart A. Rustow -- Pt. II. Leaders, Leadership, and Decision Making. 2. President Bush Goes to War: A Psychological Interpretation from a Distance / Stephen J. Wayne. 3. The Defining Moment of Saddam's Life: A Political Psychology Perspective on the Leadership and Decision Making of Saddam Hussein During the Gulf Crisis