Anthony Tucker-Jones (born 1964) is a British former defence intelligence officer and a widely published military expert on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism and armoured and aerial warfare.
[Profile for Tucker-Jones]
- Pen and Sword Books
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Tucker-Jones attended the
University of Portsmouth
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(1982-1985) where he took a BA in Historical Studies before gaining an MA from
Lancaster University
Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several pla ...
(1987-1988) in International Relations and Strategic Studies. From 1981 to 1988 he was a freelance defence journalist writing for, among others, ''
Jane's Defence Weekly
''Jane's Defence Weekly'' (abbreviated as ''JDW'') is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs, edited by Peter Felstead. It is one of a number of military-related publications named after John F. T. Jane, an Englishman who ...
'', ''
Jane's Intelligence Review
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'' and ''Middle East Strategic Studies Quarterly''. Tucker-Jones then embarked on a thirteen year career in defence analysis during which period he was the UK Intelligence Liaison Officer United Nations Special Commission for Iraq (1994–1995) and Liaison Officer for NATO (1991–1994).
Tucker-Jones was the Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator in charge of Defence Intelligence for the
Ministry of Defence
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(2001–2002) since when he has been a freelance author, commentator and defence and military history author.
[ He has been a commentator on current military issues, intelligence/terrorism and regional conflicts for such media as ]BBC Radio
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, Channel 4
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,Anthony Tucker-Jones
- Channel 4 News
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Current productions
''Channel 4 News''
''Channel 4 News'' ...
ITN,
Russia Today
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,
Sky News
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and
Voice of Russia
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. He has appeared on the
History Channel
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and has acted as an expert witness for the
Military Court Service
Select publications
* ''Images of War: The Battle for Arnhem''
* ''1944-1945'' (2019)
* ''Images of War: The Battle for Warsaw 1939-1945,'' Pen and Sword (2020)
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*''Falaise: The Flawed Victory'', Pen and Sword Books
*''Operation Dragoon: The Liberation of Southern France 1944'', Pen and Sword Books
*''Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front'', Pen and Sword Books
*''Tiger I & Tiger II'', Pen and Sword Books
*''T-34: The Red Army's Legendary Medium Tank'', Pen and Sword Books
*''The Panther Tank: Hitler’s T-34 Killer'', Pen and Sword Books
*''The Battle for Budapest 1944-1945'', Pen and Sword Books
*''The Panzer IV: Hitler’s Rock'', Pen and Sword Books
*''The Rise of Militant Islam''
*''Dien Bein Phu''
*''Kursk 1943: Hitler's Bitter Harvest'', History Press Limited, 2018
*''Slaughter on the Eastern Front''
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Portsmouth
Alumni of Lancaster University
English military historians
Writers from Barnstaple