For the Cipher Brief, CERL Advisory Council member Geoff Corn weighs in on how “mistake magnification” with regards to the Israel-Hamas war can lead to single incidents of error in battle having a defining effect on how the public perceives the legitimacy of a war. 

Geoffrey S. Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy, Texas Tech University School of Law and a Distinguished Fellow with the Gemunder Center for Defense Strategy (part of the Jewish Institute for National Security in America). A retired U.S. Army Judge Advocate Officer, he served as the Army’s senior law of war advisor. He is also a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Read his bio here. 

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