Julian Jackson is Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and one of the
foremost British experts on twentieth-century France. His previous books include France: The
Dark Years 1940-1944 which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times History Book Award and
his celebrated The Fall of France which won the Wolfson History Prize in 2004. He is a Fellow
of the British Academy and Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Palmes Acad¿ques.
