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October War: U.S. Policy Insights is a document available to read on EtoBox.
On October 6, 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched coordinated attacks on Israeli forces in the Sinai and Golan Heights, starting the Yom Kippur War. The war lasted until late October when the US and USSR forced a ceasefire through the UN. The war had a major impact on international relations and forced the US to make the Arab-Israeli conflict a top foreign policy priority due to regional instability and the threat of an energy crisis and superpower confrontation. Declassified documents provide new ins
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