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OC Anybody who says that the pen is mightier than the sword hasnOCOt spent time in Somalia, or in Beirut during its bloody heyday.OCO So begins this fascinating memoir of a journalist, filmmaker, and just plain raconteur who has made a career of examining warfareOCoon the ground and as the bullets are flying. While the average citizen is aware of violent conflicts broiling all around the globe, Al J. VenterOCofrom some strange compulsion unexplainable even by himOCohas felt the need to see them all in person, preferably at the center of the action.Born in South Africa, Venter has found no shortage of horrific battles on his own continent, from Rhodesia to Biafra, and Angola to Somalia. He has ridden with the legendary merc group Executive Outcomes, jumped into combat with South AfricaOCOs crack Parachute Regiment (the Parabats), and traipsed the jungles with both guerrillas and national troops under whichever strongman in the country then held power. During Sierra LeoneOCOs civil war he flew in the governmentOCOs lone Mi-24 Hind gunship as it blasted apart rebel villages and convoys, his complaint being that the Soviet-made craft leaked when it rained.In the Mideast he went into so

Who reads Barrel of a Gun?

Author

Venter, Al J.

Publisher

Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors

Published

2010

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, Humanities