Anwar Sadat: The Hero of the Crossing and the Price of Peace
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In this episode of pplpod, we profile Anwar Sadat, the military officer who rose from a poor family in the Nile Delta to become the third president of Egypt,. We track his journey from a revolutionary "Free Officer" plotting to overthrow King Farouk to his surprising succession of Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970,.
Tune in to learn about:
• The "Corrective Revolution": How Sadat consolidated power by purging Nasserist officials and expelling Soviet military advisors,.
• The Yom Kippur War: The 1973 surprise attack against Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula that earned Sadat the title "Hero of the Crossing" and restored Egyptian morale,,.
• The Road to Peace: His historic visit to Jerusalem and the signing of the Camp David Accords with Menachem Begin, which resulted in a Nobel Peace Prize and the return of the Sinai,,.
• The Assassination: How the peace treaty led to Egypt’s suspension from the Arab League and enraged Islamists, culminating in Sadat's assassination by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad during a victory parade on October 6, 1981,.