About Mir Bahmanyar
Mir Bahmanyar served in the Second Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He holds a B.A. in History from University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in War Studies from King's College London. His jobs have included that of a library clerk, janitor, retail merchant, military technical advisor, German language coach, producer and writer in Hollywood. He has written numerous books and articles from ancient history to modern war. His special interests are the Punic Wars, WWII Darby's Rangers and Future War. He grew up on three continents and four countries, speaks three languages, and currently lives with his wife in Toronto, Canada. He supports environmental and animal rights.
Mir served on the Board of Directors for the 75th Ranger Regiment Association and was an Associate Historian of the World War Two Ranger Battalions Association. He created Sua Sponte, a history of American Rangers, hosted on this website. In 2017, he participated in the conference on the U.S. Military Presence in Northern Ireland during the Second World War hosted in Belfast and Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland on the topic of Darby's Rangers and was a key contributor to the new exhibit at the U.S. Ranger Centre in Carrickfergus. He is an invited guest for the 81st Anniversary of Darby’s Rangers in 2023. Mir has traveled extensively.
An expert on all things military, Mir is the author of ten books; his subject matter stems from ancient battles, including the iconic Hannibalic battles of Cannae and Zama, to current U.S. special operations, and his work has been published in English, German, Japanese, Polish, and Spanish. Some of his books are on the reading lists of:
Command and General Staff Deputy Commandant’s Deploying Officer Reading List for Majors and Lieutenant Colonels Afghanistan
United States Joint Forces Command August 2009 Pre-Deployment Reading List Afghanistan for E-1 (Private) through O-3 Level (Captain)
Commander, General Mattis, United States Marine Corps Forces, Central Command Reading List, Recommended Reading for Marines and Sailors Deploying, Sergeants and Above and Company Grade Officers
His most recent book, Campaign Iberia 247-204 B.C. - The Rise and Fall of Carthaginian Spain, will be released in 2024 by Osprey/Bloomsbury USA Publishing. In addition, Mir’s articles have appeared in Kommando: International Special Operations Magazine (in German), Soldier of Fortune magazine and one in a Moroccan online-magazine.
Mir also co-wrote and produced the award-winning independent historical motion picture Soldier of God, which won the the Festival Prize for Best Digital Feature Film at the 2005 Stratford-upon-Avon International Digital Film Festival; the Grand Prize Festival Award for Feature Film at the 2005 Berkeley Video & Film Festival; and the Festival Prize for Best Digital Feature at the 2005 Deep Vellum/aFI Film Festival.
He was a German language coach and military technical advisor to George Clooney and Cate Blanchett in the Steven Soderbergh directed WW2 motion picture The Good German and served as military consultant and researcher for Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, and consulted for two seasons on ShowTime’s hit series Sleeper Cell. Mir was invited to speak at the Malaga Film Commission’s annual Cine y Turismo (Cinema and Tourism) seminar of 2006 featuring filmmakers and business leaders from around the world.
