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