This [book] deals with the emotional consequences of the United Nations effort against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait. [This book is a] combination of . . . research done by Israeli psychologists and psychiatrists . . . and [a] narrative of what was going on before and during the Scud missile attacks and how people dealt with these events. The 10 chapters of the book center largely on the psychological reactions of different subpopulations in Israel. In addition to surveys applying to the general population, the chapters deal with gender differences, effects on families huddling together in sealed rooms and struggling with gas masks . . . , the cramped space and forced intimacy of these rooms, the vulnerable children, senior citizens including Holocaust survivors, those who were casualties of the bombings, the mentally ill, and men who, as soldiers, normally active in combat operations during wartime, were forced by the international agreement to remain passive in the Gulf War.