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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. [1]
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Tucker-Jones attended the University of Portsmouth (1982–1985) where he took a BA in Historical Studies before gaining an MA from Lancaster University (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 Intelligence Review 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). [2]
Tucker-Jones was the Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator in charge of Defence Intelligence for the Ministry of Defence (2001–2002) since when he has been a freelance author, commentator and defence and military history author. [1] He has been a commentator on current military issues, intelligence/terrorism and regional conflicts for such media as BBC Radio, Channel 4, [3] ITN, Russia Today, Sky News and Voice of Russia. He has appeared on the History Channel and has acted as an expert witness for the Military Court Service.
