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  • Barrel of a Gun

    A War Correspondent's Misspent Moments in Combat

    by Al J. Venter ...
    A colorful, wide-ranging memoir of danger and adventure in wars around the world.Anybody who says that the pen is mightier than the sword hasn't spent time in Somalia . . .So begins this memoir of a career spent examining warfare—on the ground and as the bullets are flying. While many are intrigued by these violent conflicts, Al Venter feels compelled to see them in person, preferably at the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last of Africa's Cold War Conflicts

    Portuguese Guinea and its Guerilla Insurgency

    by Al J. Venter ...
    This detailed combat history sheds light on the significant yet overlooked guerilla campaigns in what would become Angola and Guinea-Bissou.Portugal was the first European country to colonize Africa. It was also the last to leave, almost five centuries later. During what Lisbon called its "civilizing mission" the Portuguese weathered numerous insurrections, but none as severe as the guerrilla war ... Read more

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  • Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa

    Lisbon's Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea 1961-74

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Nominated for the NYMAS Arthur Goodzeit Book Award 2013Portugal's three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guiné-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the United States Army fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most underreported conflicts of the modern era.Commonly referred to as Lisbon's Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies, the ... Read more

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  • Mercenaries

    Putting the World to Rights with Hired Guns

    by Al J. Venter ...
    An "in-depth [and] well-researched" look at soldiers-for-hire and their role in modern warfare around the globe—includes photos ( Portland Book Review).Mercenaries have been a part of warfare for centuries, and in today's world, these hired guns are an attractive alternative for Western governments reluctant to put their militaries at risk for obscure causes that would otherwise be difficult to ... Read more

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  • Angolan War of Liberation

    Colonial–Communist Clash, 1961–1974

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
    When a large group of rebels invaded Angola from a recently independent Congo in 1961, it heralded the opening shots in another African war of independence. Between 1961 and 1974, Portugal faced the extremely ambitious task of conducting three simultaneous counterinsurgency campaigns to preserve its hegemony of Angola, Portuguese Guinea and Mozambique. While other European states were falling over ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lebanon

    Levantine Calvary, 1958–1990

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
    When the world held its breath It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europewith the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Iraq, Somalia and Ukraine. ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Portugal's Bush War in Mozambique

    by Al J. Venter ...
    A new account of how Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique for over a decade.Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique — one of the most beautiful countries in the world — for over a decade. The small European nation was ranged against formidable odds and in the end was unable to muster the resources required to effectively take on the might of the Soviet Union and its collaborators—every single ... Read more

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  • War Dog

    Fighting Other People's Wars: The Modern Mercenary in Combat

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Mercenaries have been with us since the dawn of civilization, yet in the modern world they are little understood. While many of today's freelance fighters provide support for larger military establishments, others wage war where the great powers refuse to tread. In War Dog, Al Venter examines the latter world of mercenary fighters effecting decisions by themselves. In the process he unveils a ... Read more

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  • Sierra Leone: Revolutionary United Front

    Blood Diamonds, Child Soldiers and Cannibalism, 1991–2002

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Series series History of Terror
    Sierra Leones eleven-year guerrilla war that left 200,000 people dead was brief, bloody and mindlessly brutal. It was also the second African war in which mercenaries were hired to counter some of the worst atrocities that Africa had on offer. By the time it ended in 2002, several groups of mercenaries including an air wing equipped with a pair of ageing Mi-24 helicopter gunships and backed by the ... Read more

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  • Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

    Shadow of Terror over The Sahel, from 2007

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Series series History of Terror
    Insurgencies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere the majority linked to al Qaeda are in the news on an almost daily basis. But very little surfaces about a festering insurgency that has been on the go for six years in West Africa under the acronym of AQIM, or al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. This low-level series of guerrilla conflicts is widespread and sporadic, covering an area as ... Read more

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  • Biafra Genocide

    Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass Starvation, 1967–1970

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Series series Cold War, 1945–1991
    One of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people mostly civilians and a large proportion of them children died in one of Africas first post-independence wars, but that until it happened the world thought Nigeria was immune from the wasting disease of tribalism. It certainly was not because the Biafran War is still the most expansive tribal conflagration that the ... Read more

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  • Gunship Ace

    The Wars of Neall Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary

    by Al J. Venter ...
    "Spotlights the career of a fascinating modern warrior, while also shedding light on some of the conflicts that have raged throughout the world" ( Tucson Citizen).A former South African Air Force pilot who saw action throughout the region from the 1970s on, Neall Ellis is the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive. Apart from flying Alouette helicopter gunships in Angola, he fought in the ... Read more

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