Jack Spence (academic)

John Edward 'Jack' Spence, OBE (born 11 June 1931) is a British academic and has been a Professor of Diplomacy at the Department of War Studies, King's College London since 1997.[1]

Spence was educated at Pretoria Boys High School, South Africa; the University of Witwatersrand; and the London School of Economics. He has lectured at a variety of Universities in Britain, South Africa and the United States and was Professor of Politics and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Leicester (1973-1991). He was employed as Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (1991-1997).

In 2002, Spence was appointed to the Order of the British Empire for teaching services to the Ministry of Defence.[2]

Bibliography

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  • Republic Under Pressure (1965)
  • Lesotho - Politics of Dependence (1968)
  • Political and Military Framework of Investment in South Africa (1976)
  • British Politics in Perspective (ed with R Borthwick, 1985)
  • Change in South Africa (1994)
  • Violence in Southern Africa (1997)
  • After Mandela: The 1999 South African Election (1999)
  • Seaford House Papers (2000–08)
  • Ending Apartheid (with D Welsh, 2011)

References

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  1. ^ "King's College London - Professor Jack Spence OBE". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. ^ "Honours for England: The Midlands and the East". 2002-06-14. Retrieved 2018-01-29.