Prof. Schlevogt’s Compass No. 48: Fabricating the war story – Iran ploy patched into plausibility

War narratives are contrived into seeming reality – until their contradictions unravel them The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and […]