The Hormuz Ban : Iran's Gambit to Lock Out the American Fleet
Overview
Iran has declared it will ban United States-flagged vessels from the Strait of Hormuz - the twenty-one-mile channel that carries one-fifth of the world's oil. Is this a bluff, a calculated pressure campaign, or the opening move toward direct confrontation with the U.S. Fifth Fleet?
The Hormuz Ban cuts through the headline noise to explain what's actually at stake: the legal ambiguity of a flag-specific ban under international maritime law, the asymmetric naval doctrine Iran has built since the 1980s Tanker War, the domestic Iranian pressures driving the timing, and the economic shockwaves that could reach every gas pump and grocery shelf in America.
Drawing on the historical record of Operation Earnest Will, Operation Praying Mantis, and the 2019 tanker crisis, along with rigorous economic modeling of oil price transmission, LNG exposure, and shipping insurance markets, author Robert F. Geissler - a retired law enforcement lieutenant and economics-trained publisher - lays out three clear scenarios for how this crisis is likely to unfold, and what it means for your wallet, your investments, and the stability of the global order.
Written in Geissler's signature Austrian and Chicago School analytical style, this is rapid-response geopolitical nonfiction built for readers who want to understand the world's next crisis before it dominates the news cycle - not after.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798191812229
- ISBN-10: 9798191812229
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: August 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.35 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.51 pounds
- Page Count: 166
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