{{Short description|British intelligence officer}} {{independent sources|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Anthony Tucker-Jones''' (born 1964) is a British former defence intelligence analyst and a widely published military expert on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism and armoured and aerial warfare.<ref name=Pen>[https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Anthony-Tucker-Jones/a/718 Profile for Tucker-Jones] - Pen and Sword Books</ref>
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).<ref>[http://www.atuckerjones.com/page5.html Biography for Anthony Tucker-Jones]</ref>
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.<ref name=Pen/> He has been a commentator on current military issues, intelligence/terrorism and regional conflicts for such media as BBC Radio, Channel 4,<ref>[https://www.channel4.com/news/by/anthony-tucker-jones Anthony Tucker-Jones] - Channel 4 News</ref> 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.
==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) * *''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'' *''The Battle for Warsaw, 1939-1945'', 2020 *''Hitler's Winter'', Just Publishers, 2022
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==External links== * {{official website|http://atuckerjones.com/}}
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