aving assumed office in 1970 the new Egyptian strongman President Anwar Sadat wanted to restore his country’s stature in the region. When his overtures for a peace treaty with Israel were rebuffed he settled on the catchphrase “No War, No Peace” to encapsulate his own policy toward Jerusalem. Still confident about Egypt’s role in the Arab world he made plans for assembling a pan-Arab coalition and tried to build a separate alliance with the United States. In 1972 he went as far as sending thousands of Soviet advisors and engineers home knowing full well their work was essential to the Egyptian armed forces
