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Peter Mansoor

Raymond E. Mason Jr

. Chair in Military History

125A Mershon Center

1501 Neil Ave.

614-***-****

abounc@r.postjobfree.com

Education

B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (1982)

M.A., Military History, The Ohio State University (1992)

Ph.D., Military History, The Ohio State University (1995)

M.S.S., Strategic Studies, Army War College (2003)

Teaching/Research

Dr. Mansoor has research and teaching interests in modern U.S. military history, World

War II, the Iraq War, and counterinsurgency warfare. A two-tour veteran of the Iraq War,

he is currently writing a book on the surge of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2007-08. He is also

researching the development of combat effectiveness in the U.S. Army in the Pacific War

against Japan, with a special focus on the liberation of the Philippine Islands in 1944-

1945. He is the author of Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander s War in Iraq (Yale

University Press, 2008) and The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry

Divisions, 1941-1945 (University Press of Kansas, 1999).

Faculty Links

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Department web page

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Faculty Spotlight

WOSU video: Military Conflict and its Role in Human History

Ohio State video: Meet the Experts

Media Relations video: U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq

Arts and Sciences: Ohio State's AHS Society Receives Chapter of the Year Award

Arts and Sciences: On the sands of Iwo Jima: Hahn and Mansoor lead South Pacific tour

Arts and Sciences ASCent: On hallowed ground

Arts and Sciences: History professor invited to Supreme Court symposium

Origins: From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine

onCampus: Ask the Expert

onCampus: Ask the Expert

Mershon Project

Grand Strategy and Alliances (2012-13)

Hybrid Warfare: The Struggle of Military Forces to Adapt to Complex Opponents (2009-10)

Military Frontiers: A Graduate Symposium (2008-09)

Peter Mansoor

Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History

The Ohio State University

c 2006-12 Mershon Center for International Security Studies1501 Neil Ave.

Columbus, OH 43201

Phone: 614-***-****

Fax: 614-***-****

Email: abounc@r.postjobfree.com

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