PROFILE
About Anthony
After studying for his Masters in international relations and strategic studies at Lancaster university and working as a freelance defence journalist, Anthony was recruited by British Defence Intelligence in Whitehall. There he served for a decade and a half, with secondments to NATO/SHAPE and the UN Special Commission for Iraq and was appointed counter-terror coordinator. These roles involved extensive international travel and liaison with sister organizations in Baghdad, Brussels, Manama, Munich, New York, Washington DC and Vienna. His time in the Middle East resulted in a commendation from the US State Department. He drew on his experiences to write The Rise of Militant Islam: An Insider's View of the Failure to Curb Global Jihad and Daesh: Islamic State's Holy War.
Respected Expert
Since then he has forged a successful career as a respected author, broadcaster, journalist and public speaker. He has written on numerous aspects of warfare including the World Wars, the Cold War, terrorism and regional conflicts. His expertise has been called on by a variety of multi-media outlets and has worked with many leading military publishers and documentary makers. International speaking events have taken him around the world; most recently he was a keynote speaker for the Churchill Society of Italia in Rome at their annual conference.
Media Appearances
Anthony has appeared on History Channel and Netflix documentaries. He is a regular guest on podcasts and YouTube channels including Kevin Black's Black Market Leadership, Scott Bury's Beyond Barbarossa, Jake Corfield's A Few Minutes of History, John James' The Briefing Room, Wesley Livesay's History of the Second World War, Steve Richards' Speaking of Writers, Dan Snow's History Hit, Stephen Satkiewicz's New Books Network, Angus Wallace's WW2 Podcast, Paul Woodadge's WW2TV and Peter Zablocki's History Shorts.
Journalism
As well as intersec over the years his work has been published in amongst others: AirForces Monthly, Air International, All About History, Armed Forces, Aspects of History, Aviation News, Britain at War, Classic Military Vehicle, Defence Management Journal, Dispatches, Dorchester Review, Finest Hour, Geschiedenis, History of War, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's Intelligence Review, Military Illustrated, Tankette, Tehran Times, The Counter Terrorist, The Gulf War, The Irish News, Warships International Fleet Review, plus on channel4.com/news, defencemamangement.com and publicserviceeurope.com
Skills
- Available for literary festivals and conferences as a public speaker, interviewee or interviewer. Over the years he has interviewed many fellow authors including Antony Beevor, Alexander Larman, Damien Lewis, Andrew Lownie & Tim Spicer.
- Available as an onscreen expert.
- Longstanding track record with a broad range of publications, publishers, documentary film makers and news outlets from around the world.
- Extremely good at working to deadline during all phases of the publication process and communicating progress. As a result has an excellent reputation with commissioning editors.
- Can undertake short deadline commissions especially for magazine features, news analysis and can also conduct peer and editorial reviews for publishers.