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Al J. Venter
Al J. Venter is a specialist military writer and has had 50 books published. He started his career with Geneva’s Interavia Group, then owners of International Defence Review, to co...view moreAl J. Venter is a specialist military writer and has had 50 books published. He started his career with Geneva’s Interavia Group, then owners of International Defence Review, to cover military developments in the Middle East and Africa. Venter has been writing on these and related issues such as guerrilla warfare, insurgency, the Middle East and conflict in general for half a century. He was involved with Jane’s Information Group for more than 30 years and was a stringer for the BBC, NBC News (New York) as well as London’s Daily Express and Sunday Express. He branched into television work in the early 1980s and produced more than 100 documentaries, many of which were internationally flighted. His one-hour film, 'Africa’s Killing Fields' (on the Ugandan civil war), was shown nationwide in the United States on the PBS network. Other films include an hour-long program on the fifth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as well as 'AIDS: The African Connection', nominated for China’s Pink Magnolia Award. His last major book was 'Portugal’s Guerrilla Wars in Africa', nominated in 2013 for New York’s Arthur Goodzeit military history book award. It has gone into three editions, including translation into Portuguese.view less
Books by Al J. Venter
Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary War Dog: Fighting Other People's Wars: The Modern Mercenary in Combat Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mercenaries: Putting the World to Rights with Hired Guns Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lebanon: Levantine Calvary, 1958–1990 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSomalia: Unending Turmoil, Since 1975 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Angolan War of Liberation: Colonial–Communist Clash, 1961–1974 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBiafra Genocide: Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass Starvation, 1967–1970 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sierra Leone: Revolutionary United Front: Blood Diamonds, Child Soldiers and Cannibalism, 1991–2002 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5El Salvador: Dance of the Death Squads, 1980–1992 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Battle For Angola: The End of the Cold War in Africa c 1975-89 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last of Africa's Cold War Conflicts: Portuguese Guinea and its Guerilla Insurgency Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings