Winning the Peace: Sadat and the Yom Kippur War, October 1973
Abstract
The October 1973 Arab-Israeli War, almost wholly designed and initiated by Egypt's President Anwar Sadat, might be viewed by some as simply another of the military and civil unrest convulsions that have periodically plagued the Middle East from 1947 to the present. However, a more thoughtful analysis shows it to be a much more unique occurrence in modern Arab-Israeli conflict and relations. A closer look also shows the Yom Kippur War to be a clear example where, not only for the retrospective analyst but also for the contemporaneous strategist, many different elements of an overall, coordinated national security strategy may be identified and assessed. This paper will explain what Egypt's national security inputs were, how Anwar Sadat designed his statecraft to achieve his objectives, and how, despite historical assertions to the contrary, Anwar Sadat won his overall peace or goals as planned even after his nominal military defeat.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA441678
Entities
People
- Hamdy Bekhiet
- Paul M. Fitzgerald
- Renee T. Finnegan
Organizations
- National War College