Saddam Hussein miscalculated the international response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, believing that Western powers would allow the seizure because they had previously provided military support, technology, and economic arrangements to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.

Authors

• Person: Douglas Kellner Organization: UCLA
  The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ...

Sources

• The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu Douglas Kellner · UCLA via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) event
• Iraq entity
• Saddam Hussein entity
• Kuwait entity