Aaron O’Connell

University of Texas at Austin; editor of “Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan”

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Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve; history professor at the University of Texas at Austin; editor of “Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan.”

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