The worlds oldest still-active war correspondent, Al J. Venter has reported from the front lines for well over half a century, witnessing the horrors humanity visits upon itself in twenty-five conflict zones across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In this memoir, Venter masterfully recounts his experiences, sharing the real stories behind the headlines and the sharp lessons he learned that enabled him to survive his countless exploits, ranging from exposing a major KGB operative in Rhodesia entirely by accident, and accompanying an Israeli force led by Ariel Sharon into Beirut, to gun-running into the United States.
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Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
Publication Date: 15 Oct 2023
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781636243801
About Al J Venter
Al J. Venter is a specialist military writer and has had 50 books published. He started his career with Genevas 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 Janes Information Group for more than 30 years and was a stringer for the BBC NBC News (New York) as well as Londons 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 'Africas 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 Chinas Pink Magnolia Award. His many books include Africa: In the Line of Fire (2023) and Portugal's Bush War in Mozambique (2022) both by Casemate Publishers.