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Peter Mansoor
Raymond E. Mason Jr
. Chair in Military History
125A Mershon Center
1501 Neil Ave.
*******.*@***.***
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: *************@***.***
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