Tom Mowle confronted his past in crafting account of Iraq experience

Coloradosun · 🇺🇸 public United States · May 31, 2026 · 1561 words · By The Colorado Sun; Kevin Simpson

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Tom Mowle is a retired Air Force officer who earned his PhD in Political Science with a focus on political psychology from The Ohio State University in 1996.

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Tom Mowle is a retired Air Force officer who earned his PhD in Political Science with a focus on political psychology from The Ohio State University in 1996.

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Tom has taught undergraduate cadets at the Air Force Academy and in the graduate program at Saint Mary’s University, San Antonio.

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The United States and the European Union,” the editor of “Hope is Not a Plan: The War in Iraq from Inside the Green Zone” and the coauthor of “The Unipolar World: An Unbalanced Future.” He is the owner of Rampart Professional Solutions, a manuscript coaching…

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Claim 1: “the coauthor of “The Unipolar World: An Unbalanced Future.””

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Confirmed by Springer Nature and University Press of Kansas as the co-author of 'The Unipolar World: An Unbalanced Future'.

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web search NEUTRAL — ... coauthor of The Unipolar World: An Unbalanced Future. He is the owner of Rampart Professional Solutions, a manuscript coaching and editing service in Colorado.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/author/tom-mowle/

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web search NEUTRAL — Published a co-authored book on international politics in a world with only one major power. Published a book explaining the relationship between… Show more.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mowle-9687421b

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 11, 2001 · Mowle, Thomas S. The unipolar world: an unbalanced future / by Thomas S. Mowle and David H. Sacko. p. cm.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/9780230603073.…

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Claim 2: “This book is a war story, a nonfiction account of my experiences as an active-duty military strategist in Baghdad in 2004.”

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Multiple sources confirm he served as a strategic analyst/military strategist in Baghdad in 2004.

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web search NEUTRAL — I have several academic publications, and served the United States as a strategic analyst in Baghdad during the war. ... United States Air Force. Aug 2004 - Dec ...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mowle-9687421b

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web search NEUTRAL — He served in the Strategy, Plans, and Assessment Division, Headquarters Multinational Force-Iraq, Baghdad, from August to December 2004. Show all. Useful ...
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/thomas-mowle/

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 3, 2026 · While teaching strategy techniques at the Air Force Academy, Divide resident Thomas Mowle volunteered to go to Baghdad, Iraq, in August 2004.
https://gazette.com/2026/04/03/divide-author-hosts-launch-pa…

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Claim 3: “drawing on my time as El Paso County public trustee”

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Claim 4: “in 2014, Islamic State began to capture city after city in Iraq”

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Claim 5: “collaborated with some of the people I served with to publish “Hope Is Not a Plan” in 2007”

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Claim 6: ““Chaos in the Green Zone: My Time as an Iraq War Strategist””

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Claim 7: “the editor of “Hope is Not a Plan: The War in Iraq from Inside the Green Zone””

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Amazon and other sources confirm he is the editor/author of 'Hope is Not a Plan: The War in Iraq from Inside the Green Zone'.

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Claim 8: “He is the author of “Allies at Odds? The United States and the European Union,””

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Confirmed by ThriftBooks, Everand, and other web sources as the author of 'Allies at Odds? The United States and the European Union'.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · He is the author of “Allies at Odds? The United States and the European Union,” the editor of “Hope is Not a Plan: The War in Iraq from Inside ...
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/31/sunlit-tom-mowle-chaos-in…

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web search NEUTRAL — Looking for books by Thomas S. Mowle? See all books authored by Thomas S. Mowle, including Allies at Odds?: The United States and the European Union, ...
https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/thomas-s-mowle/936589/?srsltid…

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web search NEUTRAL — Tom Mowle is the author of Allies at Odds? The United States and the European Union, the editor of Hope is Not a Plan: The War in Iraq from Inside the Green ...
https://www.everand.com/author/968339216/Tom-Mowle

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Claim 9: “Tom Mowle is a retired Air Force officer”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm Tom Mowle is a retired Air Force officer.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American political ideologies conventionally align with the left–right political spectrum, with most Americans identifying as conservative, liberal, or moderate. Contemporary American conservatism inc…
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Claim 10: “most of my writing is devoted to my weekly Substack, “From the Ramparts.””

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Claim 11: “He is the owner of Rampart Professional Solutions, a manuscript coaching and editing service in Divide, Colorado.”

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Confirmed by LinkedIn, Colorado General Assembly documents, and other web sources as the owner of Rampart Professional Solutions in Divide, Colorado.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dissertation Coach, Editor, and Author. Rampart Professional Solutions, LLC The Ohio State University. Divide, Colorado, United States ... Rampart Professional ...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mowle-9687421b

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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · ” He is the owner of Rampart Professional Solutions, a manuscript coaching and editing service in Divide, Colorado. SunLit: Tell us this ...
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/31/sunlit-tom-mowle-chaos-in…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 6, 2018 · Thomas S. Mowle. Rampart Professional Solutions, LLC tom@rampartprosolutions.com. Nicole Myers. Office of Legislative Legal Services nicole ...
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/initiative%20re…

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Claim 12: “Tom has taught undergraduate cadets at the Air Force Academy and in the graduate program at Saint Mary’s University, San Antonio”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state he taught at the Air Force Academy and Saint Mary's University in San Antonio.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Queen's Birthday Honours 1956 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those count…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · Tom has taught undergraduate cadets at the Air Force Academy and in the graduate program at Saint Mary's University, San Antonio. He is the ...
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/31/sunlit-tom-mowle-chaos-in…

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Claim 13: “I learned a lot about fiction techniques at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference in 2023”

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Claim 14: “earned his PhD in Political Science with a focus on political psychology from The Ohio State University in 1996”

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Multiple sources, including his own blog and LinkedIn profile, confirm he earned a PhD in Political Science from The Ohio State University in 1996.

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web search NEUTRAL — Tom Mowle is a retired Air Force officer who earned his PhD in Political Science with a focus on political psychology from The Ohio State University in 1996.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/31/sunlit-tom-mowle-chaos-in…

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web search NEUTRAL — Tom Mowle for El Paso County Clerk – Integrity, Service and Accountability.The Air Force sent me to The Ohio State University, where I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science in 1996.
https://tommowle.wordpress.com/about/

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