Description: ABOUT THE AUTHOR (From the book flap) British national Al Venter has written more than a dozen books on recent military history including War Dog: Fighting Other People's Wars on mercenaries as well as Gunship Ace (which covers the exploits of Neall Ellis, the world's most famous mercenary aviator). He spent much of his professional career reporting on wars for Jane's Information Group as well as for various news and photo agencies. These assignments ranged from visiting Beirut several times to cover the Lebanese civil war from the Christian side to a spate of African conflicts that included Biafra, South Africa's border wars, the Rhodesia insurgency, the Congo, Tanzania's invasion of Idi Amin's Uganda, Executive Outcomes mercenary operations in Angola and Sierra Leone and others. He was operational in El Salvador's guerrilla struggle and later, in the Balkans. At the behest of the CIA, he made a one-hour TV documentary on the Soviet offensive in Afghanistan in the mid 1980s. Venter has written three books on nuclear proliferation, including Iran's Nuclear Option and How South Africa Built Six Atom Bombs. He originally qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers at the Baltic Exchange in London.
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Era: 1970s
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Item Height: 1 IN
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
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Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
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Item Weight: 3 LBS 7 OZ
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Book Title: Battle for Angola : the End of the Cold War in Africa C 1975-89
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.8 in
Author: Al J. Venter
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Africa / South / General, Military / General, Modern / 20th Century, World / African
Publisher: Helion & Company, The Limited
Publication Year: 2017
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History, Political Science
Number of Pages: Xli, 527 Pages
