Empire: World History

350. 1973: The Yom Kippur War & The First Oil Crisis (Part 5)

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**Binge the entire series ad-free by joining the Empire Club at empirepoduk.com** How did the oil crisis totally transform the wealth of the Gulf states and alter the power balance of the Middle East?

Who was Egypt’s underrated president, Sadat?

How did water cannons destroy Israel’s seemingly impenetrable defenses along the Suez Canal in 1973?

In Episode 5 of our series on the Arab-Israeli Conflict of 1967-1982, William and Anita discuss the shocking events of the Yom Kippur War and the first time that oil prices were used as a weapon of war.

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