Peter B. Zwack
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Peter B. Zwack is a retired American Brigadier-General who served for some years during the Obama administration as military attaché to the US Embassy in Russia.[1]
Biography[edit]
Military career[edit]
In 1980 Zwack received his commission at Fort Benning, Georgia and began his career in the US Army as an intelligence officer in an artillery battalion. He is an Army Ranger and paratrooper. His career included stops in West Germany, South Korea, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Russia.[1]
Zwack was employed in military intelligence and was Senior Defense Attaché in Russia from 2012 to 2014. He retired after 34 years in service.[1]
Memoirist and academic[edit]
Now working at the Wilson Center as a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute,[1] Zwack has become a notable academic. Some of his work includes:
Since his retirement Zwack has written two memoirs:
- 2021, "Afghanistan Kabul Kurier: One Soldier's Story of the Taliban, Tribes & Ethnicities, Opium Trade, & Burqas"
- 2021, "Swimming the Volga: A U.S. Army Officer's Experiences in Pre - Putin Russia"[4]
His ideas are regularly cited in books.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Awards[edit]
Zwack is a recipient of the Bronze Star, Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit. In 1999 he was awarded the Joint Chiefs of Staff "Action Officer of the Year".[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Peter B. Zwack | Wilson Center".
- ^ Zwack, Peter B. (Spring 2004). "A NATO-Russia Contingency Command". Parameters: 89.
- ^ ZWACK, PETER (2016). "Russia's Contradictory Relationship with the West". PRISM. 6 (2): 142–163. JSTOR 26470453.
- ^ "Swimming the Volga: A Memoir by Brigadier General Peter B. Zwack (Ret.)".
- ^ Stoner, Kathryn E. (2020). Russia Resurrected Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order.
- ^ Markey, Daniel (2020). China's Western Horizon Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia.
- ^ Merritt, Mark W. (2013). They Rest Not at Night Footnotes from the Field of Operations Intelligence.
- ^ Spero, Joshua B. (2004). Bridging the European Divide Middle Power Politics and Regional Security Dilemmas.
- ^ Slobodchikoff, Michael O.; Davis, G. Doug; Stewart, Brandon (2021). The Challenge to NATO Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance.
- ^ Jeffries, Ian (2013). Economies in Transition.