Nigel J. Ashton is professor of international history at the
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...
. He is a specialist in contemporary Anglo-American relations and the modern history of the Middle East. His book, ''Kennedy, Macmillan and the Cold War: the Irony of Interdependence'' (2002) won the
Cambridge Donner Book Prize for excellence in advancing scholarly understanding of transatlantic relations.
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Ashton earned his BA and his PhD at
Christ's College, Cambridge
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Selected publications
*''Eisenhower, Macmillan and the Problem of Nasser: Anglo-American Relations and Arab Nationalism, 1955-59''. Macmillan, London, 1996.
*''Kennedy, Macmillan and the Cold War: the Irony of Interdependence''. Palgrave, 2002.
*''King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life''. Yale University Press
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, New Haven, 2008.
References
External links
Nigel Ashton discussing his book on King Hussain of Jordan.
Academics of the London School of Economics
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
English historians
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