Erickson, Edward J.

Dr. Ed Erickson is a retired regular US Army lieutenant colonel, who served with the 3rd Armored Division in Operation Desert Storm (1991), headquarters IFOR in Operation Joint Endeavor (1995) and the 4th Infantry Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003). He has a PhD in history from the University of Leeds in the UK and he has lived in Muslim countries for over seven years. Dr. Erickson is an associate professor of military history at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia and can be reached at edward.erickson@usmc.mil.