Retired U.S. Army colonel, military historian to speak about Iraq War, ISIS
The Iraq War and the rise of ISIS will be the focus of a Nov. 7 lecture at the University of Maine by retired U.S. Army colonel and military historian Peter Mansoor.
The free public lecture at 3:10 p.m. in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building will be followed by a question-and-answer session. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact professor Mark McLaughlin, 581.2028.
Mansoor is the General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History at Ohio State University and a frequent commentator on military affairs in the national media. A distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he earned his doctorate from Ohio State University.
He assumed his current position in 2008 after a 26-year career in the U.S. Army that included two combat tours and culminated in his service as executive officer to Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq. He is the author of “The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941–1945,” “Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq,” and “Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War.”