Talk:Yom Kippur War/to do


 * Reanalyze the extent to which this conflict was, in fact, a victory for Egypt. (By forcing peace through a position of power Egypt achieved its primary objective of regaining control of the Sinai (this is a backwards read of the reality. egypt lost its bargaining position by its loss of its patron the soviet union, and was instead forced to negotiate for the sinai and recognize Israel. this meant a major loss of prestige and it's ejection from the arab league)).


 * Point to peace initiatives:
 * From Sadat in 1971 and in February 1973 - They both were rejected by Golda Meir's government leaving no choice to the Egyptians to get in the war . [ reference: Last Chance to Avoid War: Sadat's Peace Initiative of February 1973 and its Failure, Uri Bar-Joseph, International Relations Division, Haifa University , Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 41, No. 3, 545-556 (2006), http://jch.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/41/3/545?etoc ]
 * From Golda: On 28 February 1973, during a visit in Washington, Golda agreed with Henry Kissinger's peace proposal based on "security versus sovereignty" : Israel would accept Egyptian sovereignty over all Sinai, while Egypt would accept Israeli presence in some of Sinai strategic positions.; The Rabin Memoirs Sadat refused this proposal.