The Department of War released the 2026 National Defense Strategy on January 23, emphasizing a return to peace through ...

The tone is unmistakable—and misplaced. Strategy documents are not campaign speeches, and they should not be party propaganda ...

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order changing the name of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War”. In a ceremony from the Oval Office on Friday, Trump said ...

The U.S. Department of War released its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) on January 23, 2026, laying out a defense ...

This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 153. In September 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the 'Department of War', reverting ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Friday seeking to restore the Department of Defense’s name to the “Department of War.” “I think it sends a message of victory,” he told reporters ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War, a more bellicose alternative that echoes the agency's 18th-century name. "I think ...

WASHINGTON — After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday, renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War — a long-telegraphed move aimed at projecting American military toughness around ...