In early 1962 <answer>Nasser</answer> again attempted to wrest control of the military command from Amer. Amer responded by directly confronting <answer>Nasser</answer> for the first time and secretly rallying his loyalist officers. <answer>Nasser</answer> ultimately backed down, wary of a possible violent confrontation between the military and his civilian government. According to Boghdadi, the stress caused by the UAR's collapse and Amer's increasing autonomy forced <answer>Nasser</answer>, who already had diabetes, to practically live on painkillers from then on.
Who blinked in the confrontation between Nasser and Amer?
Nasser