An insane story of inter-personal diplomacy (with direct accounts from king Hussein himself) during the Gulf war.

This reminds me of the letters Czar Nicholas sent King George of England, personally begging him to stop WWI.

I foresee that very soon I shall be overwhelmed by the pressure forced upon me and be forced to take extreme measures which will lead to war. To try and avoid such a calamity as a European war I beg you in the name of our old friendship to do what you can to stop your allies from going too far. Nicky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%E2%80%93Nicky_correspondence