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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.

Military career
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.

Zwack was employed in military intelligence and was Senior Defense Attaché in Russia from 2012 to 2014. He retired after 34 years in service.

Memoirist and academic
Now working at the Wilson Center as a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute, Zwack has become a notable academic. Some of his work includes:
 * A NATO-Russia Contingency Command
 * Russia's Contradictory Relationship with the West

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"

His ideas are regularly cited in books.

Awards
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".