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Hormuz Under Blockade: Naval Escalation and Energy Risk

With hundreds of vessels bottled up in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. escort operations underway, these books explain how a 21-mile waterway can threaten global energy markets, why Iran treats it as sovereign leverage, and what decades of American military presence in the Gulf have wrought.

6 booksMay 5, 2026

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