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 &amp; Emily Jordan to tell the story of Golda Meir. Find us on social: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/warqueenspodcast">@warqueenspodcast</a> Lear more about War Queens: <a href="https://bit.ly/3DKhUzL">diversionaudio.com/podcast/war-queens</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Margaret Thatcher: The Grocer’s Daughter Fights Back

Game of Thrones and Fast & Furious actor Nathalie Emmanuel presents: Every week father-daughter team Jon and Emily Jordan examine the incredible stories of history’s most powerful female battle leaders, the brilliant methods and maneuvers history’s "killer queens” used to defend themselves and their people from enemy forces—and both father and daughter find out something about each other and how each generation appreciates these incredible women. From ancient Persia to modern-day Britain, experience the daunting thresholds these exceptional women had to cross and the clever, sometimes violent ways in which they smashed obstacles in their paths.

History’s killer queens come in all colors, ages, and leadership styles, and from countries and cultures around the world. Elizabeth Tudor and Golda Meir played the roles of high-stakes gamblers who studied maps with an unblinking, calculating eye. Angola’s Queen Njinga was willing to shed (and occasionally drink) blood to establish a stable kingdom in an Africa ravaged by the slave trade. Caterina Sforza defended her Italian holdings with cannon and scimitar, and Indira Gandhi launched a war to solve a refugee crisis.