April Glaspie

Events (13)

• September 5, 1988 and After: Joseph Wilson Takes Diplomatic Post in Baghdad; Engages in ‘Moderate’ US Policy toward Iraq 1988-09-05
• April 12, 1990: Republican US Senators Call Hussein ‘Honorable,’ Say Problems Stem from ‘Clumsy Public Relations’ 1990-04-12
• July 25, 1990 and After: US Ambassador Scapegoated for Giving Iraq Permission to Invade? 1990-07-25
• July 25, 1990: Hussein Pretends to Bluff over Intent to Invade Kuwait 1990-07-25
• Around July 25, 1990: US Manipulation of Iraq-Kuwait Conflict? 1990-07-25
• July 25, 1990: US Ambassador Gives Seeming ‘Green Light’ for Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait 1990-07-25
• July 27, 1990: Bush Letter Equivocates on Likely Response to Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait 1990-07-27
• July 31, 1990: State Department Official Confirms US Has No Mutual Defense Treaty with Kuwait 1990-07-31
• July 31, 1990: US Ambassador Goes on Leave; Wilson Left in Charge of Embassy 1990-07-31
• August 1-2, 1990: US Diplomat Wilson Works to Avoid Escalation of Iraq-Kuwait Conflict 1990-08-01
• August 8, 1990: Iraq Says It Is Annexing Kuwait 1990-08-08
• Spring 1989: US Attempts to Thwart Iraqi Arming of Lebanese Christians
• Late August 1990: US Ambassador Says US Didn’t Expect Iraq to Take ‘All of Kuwait’