The 19th-century German war strategist and field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously coined the aphorism “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.” His observation might well be applied to the tragedy in Gaza. Three months after the current conflict began, civilians have borne the brunt of the violence on both sides, with the […]
Author Archives: Ian Parmeter
Ian Parmeter is a research scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University.