Ashley Jackson

Ashley Jackson (born 24 June 1971) is a professor of imperial and military history in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London and a visiting fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford. Jackson is a specialist in the history of the British Empire.

Early life and education Ashley Jackson was born in Bristol, England on 24 June 1971. He attended the University of Greenwich, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992, and Oxford University, from which he received a Master of Studies degree in 1993 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1996. His dissertation was about the history of World War II and British imperial Botswana (then formally known as the Bechuanaland Protectorate).

Career

Academia Jackson is Professor of Imperial and Military History at King's College London. He specializes in studying the global military strategy of the British Empire. His first book, Botswana, 1939–1945: An African Country at War, published in 1999, was adapted from his dissertation; it covers the recruitment and demobilization of the African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps as well as the wartime Botswanan home front experience. According to African Affairs, Botswana, 1939–1945 and War and Empire were "two useful, excellent books". His third book was published in 2006 as The British Empire and the Second World War, taking on "the whole of the British Empire in the war years" in what African Affairs called "an important book" and "an accurate account of the contributions made by dominions and colonies". Television Jackson appears as himself in Cunk on Earth, a 2022 mockumentary about human history created by the BBC.

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