[1] His dissertation was about the history of World War II and British imperial Botswana (then formally known as the Bechuanaland Protectorate).
[6] His third book was published in 2006 as The British Empire and the Second World War, taking on "the whole of the British Empire in the war years" in what African Affairs called "an important book" and "an accurate account of the contributions made by dominions and colonies".
[8] "[O]ne of the most sobering moments in the show", according to the Arthur, happens when Jackson informs the interviewer character Philomena Cunk (played by Diane Morgan) that nuclear weapons still exist in the present.
[9][a] Learning this makes the usually unflappable Cunk distraught, and she says she wants to change the subject to a happier topic and asks Jackson if he likes ABBA.
[11] Jackson tells Cunk that his favourite song is "Dancing Queen", and the interaction "helps re-calibrate the seriousness of the tone and break the tension" in the scene, the Arthur states.