About the Author

Anthony Tucker-Jones is one of Pen & Sword's leading authors. He has written well over 30 books including a number of the highly successful Images of War series - he also wrote the recent six part Modern Warfare series for Pen & Sword.He started his writing career freelancing for the internationally renowned Jane's Defence Weekly and Jane's Intelligence Review. Subsequently he was recruited by British Defence Intelligence for his expertise. Since then he has forged a career as a fulltime author and writer. This included almost a decade as a regular feature writer for Military Illustrated magazine. He has contributed to numerous other military aviation, military vehicle and naval magazines and made regular media appearances.In addition he specialises in counter-terrorism and has been the freelance terrorism and security correspondent for intersec - The Journal of International Security for the past 10 years. This highly respected magazine is the principal publication for the UK's security industry. Further information can be found on his website at www.atuckerjones.com