Why Iran’s attack on Israel failed

Explosions light up the Jerusalem sky during Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel (Photo by -/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images) This article first appeared in this week’s New Statesman magazine, we are sending to subscribers with their permission. One of the most innovative strategic thinkers of the post-1945 era had no military experience and first made his name as a trade economist. Yet as classical military theory struggled to come to terms with the implications of nuclear weapons, Thomas Sche