Peter J. Munson

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Peter J. Munson is a Marine officer, author, and Middle East specialist.  He is the author of War, Welfare, and Democracy: Rethinking America's Quest for the End of History (Potomac, 2013) and Iraq in Transition: The Legacy of Dictatorship and the Prospects for Democracy (Potomac, 2009) and .  A frequent contributor to multiple journals and blogs, including his own, he is also the Editor of the Small Wars Journal.  You can follow his Twitter feed @peterjmunson and find his LinkedIn profile here.  He is leaving the Marine Corps in summer 2013.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Alleged Massacre in Kandahar, Afghanistan (Update 1)

  

  
  

                
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Posted On March 11, 2012 11:02 AM | Comments(14)

  

  
  

                

	A U.S. soldier reportedly massacred up to 16 Afghans in the Panjway district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.


  

		  
  

                
The Dispensable Nation? A Review

  

  
  

                
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Posted On June 18, 2013 03:30 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	Beware the lure of "credibility."


  

		  
  

                
Chechnya Resources at SWJ

  

  
  

                
 by Peter J. Munson 

  

  
  

                
Posted On April 19, 2013 08:23 AM | Comments(5)

  

  
  

                

	Click through to a few SWJ articles on Chechnya and the separatist insurgency there.


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
An Agent for Change in the Navy

  

  
  

                
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Posted On February 8, 2013 07:24 PM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	SWJ contributor Robert Kozloski on Admiral Zumwalt.


  

		  
  

                
Exemplar, Not Crusader

  

  
  

                
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Posted On January 24, 2013 08:30 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	A discussion with Mark Thompson on warfare and coming challenges.


  

		  
  

                
The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project

  

  
  

                
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Posted On January 16, 2013 11:39 PM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	ESOC identifies, compiles, and analyzes micro-level conflict data and information on insurgency, civil war, and other sources of politically motivated violence worldwide.