Peter Mansoor

Peter Mansoor is the General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in the Military History Faculty at Ohio State University. He specializes in military, diplomatic and US history since 1877. He is the author of Commander’s War in Iraq, published by Yale University Press in 2008.

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Burial detail at Camp O'Donnell after the Bataan Death March

The Bataan Death March

President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

Captured soldiers along the march with their hands tied behind their backs

The Bataan Death March

The World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001

The War on Terror

Official ISIS flag

11/12/2014: Top Ten Origins: The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)

Rodin's "The Thinker"

Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

A U.S. Tank in Karbala, Iraq, May 2004. The American experiences in Afghanistan and especially Iraq over the past eight years have forced the U.S. military to rethink how it approaches counterinsurgent warfare. After some successes in Iraq, will the new counterinsurgency doctrine also work in Afghanistan?

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

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