Peter B. Zwack
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.
Biography
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, appointed to work with Hillary Clinton and exited under John Kerry. He retired after 34 years in service.
Memoirist and academic
Now working at the Wilson Center as a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute, and the National Defense University, Zwack has become a notable academic. Some of his work includes:A NATO-Russia Contingency CommandRussia's Contradictory Relationship with the WestSince his retirement Zwack has written at least 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"
In February 2020 Zwack supported LTC Alexander Vindman after the latter was removed by the Trump administration for his testimony in the First impeachment of Donald Trump. Zwack had been Vindman's superior when they both were military attachés in Moscow.