Kissinger, the dominant personality in the postwar…

Kissinger, the dominant personality in the postwar settlement period, believes that the combination of Israel's increased dependence on the United States and Sadat's desire to portray the war as an Egyptian victory and regain Sinai allows for an American-brokered settlement.

The key to this diplomatic strategy is that only Washington can induce a vulnerable Israel to exchange territories for peace in the south.

As Kissinger puts it, "The Arabs can get guns from the Russians, but they can get their territory back only from us."