Background
Ashley Jackson was born on June 24, 1971, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom.
University of Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
In 1992 Ashley Jackson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Greenwich.
Oxford University, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
In 1993 Ashley Jackson obtained a Master of Studies from Oxford University, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1996, and a Master of Arts degree in 1997.
(This is the first full study of an African country during...)
This is the first full study of an African country during World War II. Unusually, it provides both Africanist and imperialist perspectives. Using extensive archival and oral evidence, Jackson explores the social, economic, political, agricultural, and military histories of Botswana. He examines Botswana's military contribution to the war effort and the impact of the war on the African home front. The book focuses on events and personalities "on the ground" in Africa, and also considers Botswana's interaction with and impact upon events and personalities in distant imperial centers, such as Whitehall and the wartime British Army headquarters in the Middle East. The attitudes aims, and actions of all levels of colonial society - British rulers, African chiefs, military officials, and ordinary African men and women - are likewise studied, thus producing a unique and "total" history of an African country at war.
https://www.amazon.com/Botswana-1939-1945-African-Historical-Monographs/dp/0198207646/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Botswana%2C+1939-1945+%3A+An+African+Country+at+War&qid=1579766408&s=books&sr=1-1
1999
(By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this unique ...)
By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this unique synthesis of imperial and naval/military history, reveals the depths of colonial involvement in the Second World War and the role of colonies in British strategic planning from the eighteenth century. In the century of total war, the British Empire was fully mobilized. The Mauritian home front became regimented, troops were recruited for service overseas, the Eastern fleet guarded the Indian Ocean, and Mauritius became a base for SOE operations and intelligence-gathering for Bletchley.
https://www.amazon.com/Mauritius-Studies-Military-Strategic-History/dp/1349428507/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=War+and+Empire+in+Mauritius+and+the+Indian+Ocean&qid=1579766623&s=books&sr=1-1
2001
(In 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; h...)
In 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; he also went to war with the whole of the British Empire, the greatest empire that there had ever been. In the years since 1945, that empire has disappeared, and the crucial fact that the British Empire fought together as a whole during the war has been forgotten. All the parts of the empire joined the struggle and were involved in it from the beginning, undergoing huge changes and sometimes suffering great losses as a result.
https://www.amazon.com/British-Empire-Second-World-War/dp/1852854170/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+British+Empire+and+the+Second+World+War&qid=1579766876&s=books&sr=1-1
2006
(Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a visually arresting and richl...)
Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a visually arresting and richly informative tour of the British Empire at its height, when its boundaries stretched from Cairo to Cape Town and from Winnipeg to Wagga-Wagga. The empire 'on which the sun never sets' embraced peoples as diverse as head-hunting Dyaks, Eskimos, Fulani horsemen, Gulf sheikhs, Canadian hunters, Zoroastrian pilgrims, and caparisoned maharajahs. In a sequence of thematic chapters examining every aspect of the Empire, from the imperial monarchy to the armed forces, and from district commissioners to dependent territories, High Noon describes the shape and functioning of the largest imperium in world history. Each chapter consists of a lively and accessible essay, accompanied by a vivid and array of captioned pictures, evoking the fascinating spectacle that the British Empire presented to its citizens: the sights, scenes, and organizations that shaped the world view of people in Britain and its colonies and Dominions beyond the seas.
https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Dogs-Englishmen-Ashley-Jackson/dp/1847246079/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Mad+Dogs+and+Englishmen%3A+A+Grand+Tour+of+the+British+Empire+at+its+Height&qid=1579766915&s=books&sr=1-1
2009
(Distant Drums reveals how the colonies were central to th...)
Distant Drums reveals how the colonies were central to the defense of the British Empire and the command of the oceans that underpinned it. Now in paperback, Distant Drums blends sweeping overviews of the nature of imperial defense with grassroots explanations of how individual colonies were mobilized for war, drawing on the author's specialist knowledge of the Indian Ocean and colonies, such as Bechuanaland, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Swaziland.
https://www.amazon.com/Distant-Drums-Colonies-British-Imperial/dp/1845194381/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Distant+Drums+%3A+The+Role+of+Colonies+in+British+Imperial+Warfare&qid=1579767493&s=books&sr=1-1
2010
(In Churchill Ashley Jackson paints an unvarnished portrai...)
In Churchill Ashley Jackson paints an unvarnished portrait of Winston Churchill that removes the hagiography that has surrounded the myth of one of the greatest politicians of the last hundred years.
https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Ashley-Jackson/dp/1623658047/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Churchill+Jackson&qid=1579767705&s=books&sr=1-1
2011
(Through more than 150 striking and original images from t...)
Through more than 150 striking and original images from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera at the Bodleian Library, Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire from the age of discovery through World War II. This wealth of visual material was used to promote, record, and celebrate the development of the Empire, which by 1922 included more than thirteen million square miles - or almost a quarter of the Earth. The captions that accompany the illustrations reveal the narrative of the Empire and unlock the history and meaning behind the images.
https://www.amazon.com/Illustrating-Empire-Imperialism-Collection-Ephemera/dp/1851243348/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Illustrating+Empire%3A+A+Visual+History+of+British+Imperialism&qid=1579767871&s=books&sr=1-1
2011
(In this Very Short Introduction, Ashley Jackson introduce...)
In this Very Short Introduction, Ashley Jackson introduces and defines the British Empire, shedding light on a series of key questions, reviewing how it evolved into such a force, and looking at the legacy it left behind.
https://www.amazon.com/British-Empire-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0199605416/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+British+Empire%3A+A+Very+Short+Introduction&qid=1579768003&s=books&sr=1-1
2013
(Buildings of Empire takes the reader on an exciting journ...)
Buildings of Empire takes the reader on an exciting journey through thirteen territories of the British Empire. From Dublin Castle to the glass and steel of Sir Norman Foster's Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank skyscraper, these buildings capture the essence of the imperial experience, painting an intimate portrait of the biggest empire the world has ever seen: the people who made it and the people who resisted it, as well as the legacy of the imperial project throughout the world.
https://www.amazon.com/Buildings-Empire-Ashley-Jackson/dp/0199589380/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Buildings+of+Empire+Jackson&qid=1579768337&s=books&sr=1-2
2013
(This dynamic history is the first to construct a total pi...)
This dynamic history is the first to construct a total picture of the experience and impact of World War II in Iran and Iraq. Contending that these two countries were more important to the Allied forces’ war operations than has ever been acknowledged, historian Ashley Jackson investigates the grand strategy of the Allies and their operations in the region and the continuing legacy of Western intervention in the Middle East.
https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Gulf-Command-History-Second/dp/0300221967/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Persian+Gulf+Command%3A+A+History+of+The+Second+World+War+in+Iran+and+Iraq&qid=1579768661&s=books&sr=1-1
2018
Ashley Jackson was born on June 24, 1971, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom.
In 1992 Ashley Jackson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Greenwich. In 1993 he obtained a Master of Studies from Oxford University, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1996, and a Master of Arts degree in 1997.
In 2004 Ashley Jackson joined the Defence Studies Department at King’s College London after eight years as Research Fellow in the Humanities and Director of the Visiting Student Programme at Mansfield College, Oxford, and a brief spell as a lecturer in Imperial and Commonwealth History at Oxford Brookes University (he was appointed to the junior deanship of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, before withdrawing in favour of the Mansfield position).
As a member of King’s Defence Studies Department, Jackson teaches at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and spent two years as an academic tutor at the Royal College of Defence Studies. He also teaches for Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education.
Jackson has lectured and presented conference and seminar papers at many British and overseas universities, colleges, schools, museums, and other institutions. He has given talks at events such as the Oxford Literary Festival, the Blenheim/Woodstock Literary Festival, the Chalke Valley History Festival, Intelligence Squared live debates, and the inaugural Victoria Cross Day at the National Memorial Arboretum. He regularly presents to societies and friends' groups such as the Friends of the Bodleian Library, the Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum, the University of the Third Age, and the Prince’s Teaching Institute.
He has been invited to address special lecture series such as the BBC History Magazine Lectures at the British Academy, the Royal Over-Seas League and The Round Table centenary lectures, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Diplomatic Academy. He has lectured at the Irish, Kenyan, Nigerian, and Sri Lankan staff colleges, NATO Allied Joint Force Command Lisbon, and the Royal College of Defence Studies, and to numerous British military units including 3 (United Kingdom) Division, the Special Air Service, and the British Peace Support Team (East Africa).
He has published widely on aspects of British imperial history, with a special interest in the Empire during times of war and with regional specialisms in the history of Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Middle East.
(By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this unique ...)
2001(Through more than 150 striking and original images from t...)
2011(In this Very Short Introduction, Ashley Jackson introduce...)
2013(Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a visually arresting and richl...)
2009(In Churchill Ashley Jackson paints an unvarnished portrai...)
2011(In 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; h...)
2006(Distant Drums reveals how the colonies were central to th...)
2010(This dynamic history is the first to construct a total pi...)
2018(Buildings of Empire takes the reader on an exciting journ...)
2013(This is the first full study of an African country during...)
1999