Ashley Jackson (historian)

Ashley Jackson (born June 24, 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. He was featured on the BBC mockumentary Cunk on Earth.

Publications
Jackson has published several books, including:
 * Botswana, 1939–1945: An African Country at War (1999)
 * War and Empire in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean (2001)
 * The British Empire and the Second World War (2006)
 * Mad Dogs and Englishmen: A Grand Tour of the British Empire at its Height (2009)
 * Distant Drums: The Role of Colonies in British Imperial Warfare (February 2010)
 * Churchill (2011). online
 * Illustrating Empire: A Visual History of British Imperialism (with David Tomkins)
 * The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction (2013)
 * Buildings of Empire (2013)
 * Persian Gulf Command: A History of The Second World War in Iran and Iraq (2018)
 * Of Islands, Ports and Sea Lanes: Africa and the Indian Ocean in the Second World War

His articles include:
 * Jackson, Ashley. "Governing empire: colonial memoirs and the history of HM overseas civil service". African Affairs Vol. 103, No. 412 (Jul., 2004), pp. 471–491. online
 * Jackson, Ashley. "Empire and beyond: the pursuit of overseas national interests in the late twentieth century". English Historical Review 122.499 (2007): 1350–1366.
 * Jackson, Ashley. "New Research on the British Empire and the Second World War: Part II". Global War Studies 7.2 (2010): 157–184. online