About: William P. Hoar

Deep Dive Into the Royal Navy

The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain, 1815-1945, by N.A.M. Rodger, New York: Norton, 2025, 974 pages, hardcover. This authoritative work is the final volume of a...

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Sieving Through the Greenlandic Debate

So You Want to Own Greenland? Lessons from the Vikings to Trump, by Elizabeth Buchanan, London: Melville House, 2025, 202 pages, paperback. Perhaps you have heard: The United States...

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Abetting Beijing’s Burglars

The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets, by David R. Shedd and Andrew Badger, New York: Harper, 2025, 362 pages, hardcover. There is a geostrategic struggle...

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Using Words as Weapons

The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War With Forbidden Literature, by Charlie English, New York: Random House, 2025, 380 pages, hardcover. Freedom is liable...

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Deception and the Power of Prayer

The Army That Never Was: George S. Patton and the Deception of Operation Fortitude, by Taylor Downing, New York: Pegasus Books, 2024, 320 pages, hardcover. Patton’s Prayer: A True Story...

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Rising Prices Are Not the Enemy

The War on Prices: How Popular Misconceptions About Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad Policy, edited by Ryan A. Bourne, Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2024, 368 pages, hardcover. ...

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Gripping Tale of Colonial America

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America, by James L. Swanson, New York: Scribner, 2024, 326 pages, hardcover. ...

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