Peter Mansoor

Peter R. Mansoor (born February 28, 1960) is a retired United States Army officer, military historian, and commentator on national security affairs in the media. He is known primarily as the executive officer to General David Petraeus during the Iraq War, particularly the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. He is a professor at the Ohio State University, where he holds the General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History.

Mansoor has published two memoirs of his service in Iraq. ''Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq'' (2008), which received the Ohioana Library Association book of the year award in 2009, details his service as commander of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division from 2003 to 2005. ''Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War'' (2013), a finalist for the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, focuses on his service under Petraeus. He is also the author of ''The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941–1945'' (1999), which received the Society for Military History distinguished book award in 2000. Provided by Wikipedia