In early 1962 Nasser again attempted to wrest control of the military command from <answer>Amer</answer>. <answer>Amer</answer> responded by directly confronting Nasser for the first time and secretly rallying his loyalist officers. Nasser 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 <answer>Amer</answer>'s increasing autonomy forced Nasser, who already had diabetes, to practically live on painkillers from then on.
From whom did Nasser want to seize control of Egypt's military?
Amer