Dr James Jinks is a historian and author. He is co-author, with Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield, of The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 (Allen Lane, Penguin, 2016), and author of A Very British Bomb: A History of the United Kingdom as a Nuclear Power (Allen Lane, Penguin). He is now at work on the authorized biography of Admiral Sir John 'Sandy' Woodward, GBE, KCB, The Last Fighting Admiral: The Life and Times of Admiral Sir John 'Sandy' Woodward, GBE, KCB (Allen Lane, Penguin) . He has previously worked for the Cabinet Office, and the Aircraft Carrier Alliance.