At nearly 75, a Jewish grandma named Golda Meir made critical military decisions as she led the young nation of Israel through the Egyptian-Syrian surprise attack known as the Yom Kippur War. Brilliantly playing a three-dimensional game of diplomatic chess, Golda triangulated the battlefield, superpower détente, and long-term peace prospects to bring Israel out on top of a two-front war. Golda’s decisions not to strike first, to refuse the use of nuclear weapons, and to end the war on terms Egypt’s president could accept without losing face led to a lasting peace between Egypt and Israel and changed forever the history of the Middle East.

Actor Nathalie Emmanuel joins father-daughter history team Jon & Emily Jordan to tell the story of Golda Meir.

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