Peter Mansoor

retired U.S. Army colonel, professor of military history at The Ohio State University

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Peter Mansoor is a professor of military history at Ohio State University and the author of Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War.

Mansoor is a retired Army colonel who served two tours in Iraq.

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