The Yom Kippur War—Egypt’s and Syria’s Surprise Attacks, Restraining Israel and Egypt, the Soviets and the UN, Regaining the Prewar Lines, Warplanes, Tanks, and Ammo to Israel, Israel’s Counterattacks, the Cease-Fire and Its Collapse, Israel’s Strangulation of Egypt’s Third Army, and Brezhnev’s Threat of Unilateral Action; the Watergate Tapes; and Elliot Richardson’s Resignation

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This chapter covers the Yom Kippur War, when Egypt and Syria launched attacks in the Sinai and Golan Heights to recover territory lost to Israel in 1967. It discusses Kissinger’s strategy and diplomacy, his dealings with the Soviets, U.S. relations with Israel and Egypt, the UN, U.S. military aid to Israel, Israel’s counteroffensive, Kissinger’s tensions with Defense Secretary James Schlesinger over the delivery of weapons to Israel, and Kissinger’s charges of Pentagon “sabotage.” It also discusses the cease-fire and its collapse, Israel’s strangulation of the Egyptian Third Army on the east bank of the Suez Canal and Kissinger’s outrage over it, Leonid Brezhnev’s threat to unilaterally send troops to enforce the cease-fire, a U.S. worldwide military alert, a UN resolution for a peacekeeping force, and a Nixon press conference suggesting he’d backed down Brezhnev. The chapter also takes up Watergate, including the battle over Nixon’s tapes and Elliot Richardson’s resignation.</jats:p>