Withspectacularfootageandinsiderinterviews,Frontlinereconstructstheeventsleadinguptothewar,thewaritself,anditsaftermath.You’llhearfirst-handaccountsfromkeydecision-makerslikeGeneralsSchwarzkopfandPowellandworldleaderslikeMargaretThatcherandMikhailGorbachev.DesertStormwasatriumphoftechnologywithreal-timeviewsofspectacularlightshowsasantiaircraftfirelitupBaghdad’snighttimesky.Aftersixgruelingweeks,theUSdeclaredvictory,justshortofforcingHusseintostepdown.TodayHusseinremainsinpower,albeitunderclosesurveillancebyAmericantroopsremainingintheregion.Wasitavictoryorwasitawarwithaninconclusiveend.

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