The Dominion War was the war nobody expected. Nearly everybody assumed the Third World War would be between America and the Soviet Union. They were wrong. In fact, the Americans and Soviets formed an unholy alliance with each other against the mighty Asian Defense League. The primary cause of the war was simply the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein. Nuclear weapons were only used sparingly and thus, the immediate after effects of the war were relatively mild. The war largely ended in a stalemate; however, the sovereignty of Taiwan was finally recognized by all the world's nations.