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On August 1, 1990, Iraqi troops rolled into Kuwait. During the two weeks prior to the invasion, members of the . intelligence community had monitored the deployment of Iraqi forces, and several of them had concluded that Saddam Hussein intended to invade Kuwait. The intelligence evaluators forwarded their analyses to the top members of George H. W. Bush’s administration, who refused to validate the conclusions until just a few hours before the start of the invasion. For the next few days, Bush and his senior advisers met to discuss Iraq’s action and the manner in which the United States should respond | Alex Roberto Hybel and Justin Matthew Kaufman The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein Deciding on Conflict Ọ Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis Series Editor Alex Mintz Foreign policy analysis offers rich theoretical perspectives and diverse methodological approaches. Scholes specMizingin foreignpolicy analysis produce a vast output of research. Yet there were only very few specialized outlets for publishing work in the field. Addressing this need isrhe purpose of Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis. The series bridges the gap between academic and policy approaches to foreign policy analysis integrates across levels of analysis theoretical approaches ro the fteSd eml advances research utilizing . Memberoof die Board of Advis orsi Allison Astorino-CourtaL ZeevMace Steve Chan Bmot Ml Rcypeto Margaret Hermann Donal Sylvan Valerie Hudson Steve Walker Patrick James Dina A. Zinaes Jack Levy BsrtcHanson Publish0 byPalgruveMccm Mi iCdOThieet ol. CH. Maki . Edited by Alex Mintz Studies in International Mediotion Edited by Jacob Bercovitch Media Bureaucracies and Foreign Aid A Comparative Analysis of United States the United Kingdom Canada France Mid Japan By Douglas A. Van Belle Jean-Sdbastien Rioux Mid David Civil-Military Dynamics lecmtleralrr anOOoCcmational Conflict A new Quest for International Peace By Seung-Whan Choi and Petrtek Jarnos Economic Sanctions and Presidential Decisions Models of Political Rationality By A. Cooper Drury Purpose and Policy in the Global Community By Bruce Russett Modeling Bilateral International Relations The Case ofUS-China Interactions By Xinsheng Liu Beliefs and Leadership in World PoldicssMiohods and Applications of Operational Code Analysis Edited by Mark Schafer and StephidG. Walino Approaches Levels and Methods ofAnalysisin International Politics Edited by Harvey Starr 1 n The Bush Administrations asd SaddamHussein Deciding on Conflict Alex Roberto Hybel and Justin Matthew .