Commentary
The renaming of the U.S. Department of Defense as the Department of War is open to misinterpretation.
Viewpoints
Opinion
Conrad Black: The Defense Department’s Renaming Doesn’t Mean We Overlook the Horrors of War
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 5, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Conrad Black
Author
Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
