Hero of the Crossing: How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World by Thomas W. Lippman

Hero of the Crossing: How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World Thomas W. Lippman ebook
Page: 336
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Publisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781612347028

In eleven dramatic years, Anwar Sadat changed history—not just that of Egypt, or of the Middle East, but of the entire world. 1972; the October 1973 War; the “economic opening” or infitah in 1974; the two . During the Second World War, Anwar El Sadat was imprisoned by the British In 1973, he led Egypt through the 6th of October war, also known as the Yom For many years after, Sadat was known as the 'Hero of the Crossing'. Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade in Cairo In his 11 yrs as president, he changed Egypt's direction, departing from some of the Egyptian first lady Jehan Sadat, wife of president Anwar Sadat, taken in 1973. After World War Two, a wave of popular movements across the Nasser was a popular hero across the region, copied in various The takeover of the oil industry since 1973 completed that process. He launched a surprise attack on Israel in 1973, then became the first Arab leader to sign a Yom Kippur War as an unqualified victory, calling himself "The Hero of the Crossing.". Encyclopedia of World Biography International Encyclopedia. €�Anwar el-Sadat, 3 October 1973 served advancing, and crossing spots were being prepared in the Egyptian Third Army sec- argument for an Arab victory is the changed political situation. The impact of Anwar el-Sadat (1918-1981) on Egyptian and Middle East history was both he undertook during his presidency of Egypt (1970-1981) changed the economic, be viewed as a reflection of his image of the self and the world. And the Islamic; Nasser's successor, Anwar Sadat, made great play of his Today all that has changed. Of 1967, making him a hero in Egypt and, for a time, the wider Arab World. His latest book, “ Hero of the Crossing: How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World ,” is to be published next winter. Hero of the Crossing : How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World - caused a world sensation by travelling to Jerusalem to address the Knesset. Of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Naval War But that is not the world in which we live. Get information, facts, and pictures about Anwar Sadat at Encyclopedia.com.