Michael R. Gordon is the chief military correspondent for "The New York Times," where he has worked since 1985. He is the coauthor, with Lieutenant General Bernard E. Trainor, of "The Generals' War." He has covered the Iraq War, the American intervention in Afghanistan, the Kosovo conflict, the Russian war in Chechnya, the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and the American invasion of Panama. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area. Bernard E. Trainor, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general, was a military correspondent for "The New York Times" from 1986 to 1990. He was director of the National Sec...