Yom Kippur 1973: la guerra che scalfì la distensione

Abstract

The fourth Arab-Israeli Conflict, known as the “Yom Kippur War”, was not only an internal conflict to the Middle East. It led to the indirect comparison between the USA and the USSR, even though they were in the era of détente inaugurated by Nixon. A wild and intense diplomatic activity is hidden behind the conflict of 1973; this essay aims to bring to light some of its dynamics through the analysis of recent declassified documents