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{{Short description|South African author}}
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'''Peter Stiff''' (September 8, 1933 – April 27, 2016) was a London-born South African best-selling author of both [[fiction]] and [[Nonfiction|non fiction]].
'''Peter Stiff''' (8 September 1933 – 27 April 2016) was a London-born South African best-selling author of both [[fiction]] and [[Nonfiction|non fiction]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Peter lived in [[Rhodesia]] for 28 years and served as a regular policeman for 20 years in the elite [[British South Africa Police]], from which he retired as a superintendent in 1972. He moved to South Africa in 1980 after the fall of Rhodesia and the rise of [[Robert Mugabe]] and his [[ZANU–PF|ZANU-PF]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reading Zimbabwe {{!}} Peter Stiff|url=https://readingzimbabwe.com/authors/peter-stiff|access-date=2020-11-25|website=readingzimbabwe.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=PressReader.com – Your favorite newspapers and magazines.|url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20160429/282703341287409|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adelmann|first=Martin|date=2004|title=Quiet Diplomacy: The Reasons behind Mbeki's Zimbabwe Policy|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40175024|journal=Africa Spectrum|volume=39|issue=2|pages=249–276|issn=0002-0397}}</ref>
Peter lived in [[Rhodesia]] for 28 years and served as a regular policeman for 20 years in the elite [[British South Africa Police]], from which he retired as a superintendent in 1972. He moved to South Africa in 1980 after the fall of Rhodesia and the rise of [[Robert Mugabe]] and his [[ZANU–PF|ZANU-PF]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reading Zimbabwe {{!}} Peter Stiff|url=https://readingzimbabwe.com/authors/peter-stiff|access-date=2020-11-25|website=readingzimbabwe.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Writer Peter Stiff dies |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20160429/282703341287409|access-date=2020-11-27|via=PressReader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adelmann|first=Martin|date=2004|title=Quiet Diplomacy: The Reasons behind Mbeki's Zimbabwe Policy|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40175024|journal=Africa Spectrum|volume=39|issue=2|pages=249–276|jstor=40175024 |issn=0002-0397}}</ref>


Peter was specialized in contemporary warfare and politics in the southern African sub-continent and authored books extensively on the bush war in the former [[Rhodesia]], the ongoing conflict in Angola and the Namibian bush war, on the collapse of Portuguese power in Angola and [[Mozambique]] and much else as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Galago|url=http://www.galago.co.za/author_pstiff.htm|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.galago.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cockington|first=James|date=2009-05-20|title=A record of regimental ties|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/a-record-of-regimental-ties-20090520-gdtjhk.html|access-date=2020-10-25|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Rain Goddess, by Peter Stiff vorgestellt im Namibiana Buchdepot|url=https://www.namibiana.de/namibia-information/literaturauszuege/titel/the-rain-goddess-peter-stiff-9781919854069-978-1-919854-06-9.html|access-date=2020-11-29|website=www.namibiana.de}}</ref>
Peter was specialized in contemporary warfare and politics in the southern African sub-continent and authored books extensively on the bush war in the former [[Rhodesia]], the ongoing conflict in Angola and the Namibian bush war, on the collapse of Portuguese power in Angola and [[Mozambique]] and much else as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Galago|url=http://www.galago.co.za/author_pstiff.htm|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.galago.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cockington|first=James|date=2009-05-20|title=A record of regimental ties|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/a-record-of-regimental-ties-20090520-gdtjhk.html|access-date=2020-10-25|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Rain Goddess, by Peter Stiff vorgestellt im Namibiana Buchdepot|url=https://www.namibiana.de/namibia-information/literaturauszuege/titel/the-rain-goddess-peter-stiff-9781919854069-978-1-919854-06-9.html|access-date=2020-11-29|website=www.namibiana.de}}</ref>


== Books<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stiff, Peter|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85065902/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=worldcat.org}}</ref> ==
== Books<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Stiff, Peter|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85065902/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=worldcat.org}}</ref> ==


* ''The Rain Goddess'': Set in the war-torn area of [[Rhodesia]]'s (before 1966, [[Southern Rhodesia]]; now [[Zimbabwe]]) North-East border, a region which the Rhodesian military staff called "Hurricane",<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHRKCAAAQBAJ&q=hurricane+rhodesia&pg=PT25|title=Counter-Insurgency in Rhodesia (RLE: Terrorism and Insurgency)|last=Cilliers|first=Jakkie|date=2015-04-17|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317499244|language=en}}</ref> the story takes place during the mid-1960s to early 1970s,{{cn|date=February 2022}} as the [[British South Africa Police]] fight against [[communist]]-backed guerillas. These guerrillas use torture and violence to intimidate African tribesmen into joining their cause.{{cn|date=February 2022}} The [[Rhodesian Security forces]] fight to keep a fragile peace that is governed by force of arms, as well as by the tribesmens' faith in the predictions of their spirit medium. This medium is said to be able to communicate with the spirit of the Rain Goddess. While the book was originally written as fiction, many of the events in the book are taken from actual events with some names of persons and places changed.<ref>Chennells, A. J. "Essay Review: The Treatment of the Rhodesian War in Recent Rhodesian Novels", University of Rhodesia, ''[http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Journal%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Zimbabwe/vol5n2/juz005002011.pdf Michigan State University Library Archives]'', 1977, p.192-196.</ref>
* ''The Rain Goddess'': Set in the war-torn area of [[Rhodesia]]'s (before 1966, [[Southern Rhodesia]]; now [[Zimbabwe]]) North-East border, a region which the Rhodesian military staff called "Hurricane",<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHRKCAAAQBAJ&q=hurricane+rhodesia&pg=PT25|title=Counter-Insurgency in Rhodesia (RLE: Terrorism and Insurgency)|last=Cilliers|first=Jakkie|date=2015-04-17|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317499244|language=en}}</ref> the story takes place during the mid-1960s to early 1970s,{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} as the [[British South Africa Police]] fight against [[communist]]-backed guerillas. These guerrillas use torture and violence to intimidate African tribesmen into joining their cause.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} The [[Rhodesian Security forces]] fight to keep a fragile peace that is governed by force of arms, as well as by the tribesmens' faith in the predictions of their spirit medium. This medium is said to be able to communicate with the spirit of the Rain Goddess. While the book was originally written as fiction, many of the events in the book are taken from actual events with some names of persons and places changed.<ref>Chennells, A. J. "Essay Review: The Treatment of the Rhodesian War in Recent Rhodesian Novels", University of Rhodesia, ''[http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Journal%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Zimbabwe/vol5n2/juz005002011.pdf Michigan State University Library Archives]'', 1977, p.192-196.</ref>
* ''Selous Scouts: Top Secret War''
* ''Selous Scouts: Top Secret War''
* ''See you in November''
* ''See you in November''
* ''The Covert War''<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2009-08-26|title=Book Review: The Covert War|url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/resources/book-reviews/book-review-the-covert-war/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=defenceWeb|language=en-ZA}}</ref>
* ''The Covert War''<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2009-08-26|title=Book Review: The Covert War|url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/resources/book-reviews/book-review-the-covert-war/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=defenceWeb|language=en-ZA}}</ref>
* ''Taming the Landmine''
* ''Taming the Landmine''
* ''Nine Days of War''
* ''Nine Days of War''
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[[Category:Historical novels]]

Latest revision as of 16:28, 5 March 2024

Peter Stiff
Born(1933-09-08)8 September 1933
London, United Kingdom
Died27 April 2016(2016-04-27) (aged 82)
OccupationAuthor
Children4

Peter Stiff (8 September 1933 – 27 April 2016) was a London-born South African best-selling author of both fiction and non fiction.

Biography

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Peter lived in Rhodesia for 28 years and served as a regular policeman for 20 years in the elite British South Africa Police, from which he retired as a superintendent in 1972. He moved to South Africa in 1980 after the fall of Rhodesia and the rise of Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF.[1][2][3]

Peter was specialized in contemporary warfare and politics in the southern African sub-continent and authored books extensively on the bush war in the former Rhodesia, the ongoing conflict in Angola and the Namibian bush war, on the collapse of Portuguese power in Angola and Mozambique and much else as well.[4][5][6]

Books[7]

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  • The Rain Goddess: Set in the war-torn area of Rhodesia's (before 1966, Southern Rhodesia; now Zimbabwe) North-East border, a region which the Rhodesian military staff called "Hurricane",[8] the story takes place during the mid-1960s to early 1970s,[citation needed] as the British South Africa Police fight against communist-backed guerillas. These guerrillas use torture and violence to intimidate African tribesmen into joining their cause.[citation needed] The Rhodesian Security forces fight to keep a fragile peace that is governed by force of arms, as well as by the tribesmens' faith in the predictions of their spirit medium. This medium is said to be able to communicate with the spirit of the Rain Goddess. While the book was originally written as fiction, many of the events in the book are taken from actual events with some names of persons and places changed.[9]
  • Selous Scouts: Top Secret War
  • See you in November
  • The Covert War[10]
  • Taming the Landmine
  • Nine Days of War
  • The Silent War: South African Recce Operations 1969–1994
  • Cry Zimbabwe: Independence – Twenty Years on
  • Warfare by Other Means: South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s

References

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  1. ^ "Reading Zimbabwe | Peter Stiff". readingzimbabwe.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Writer Peter Stiff dies". Retrieved 27 November 2020 – via PressReader.
  3. ^ Adelmann, Martin (2004). "Quiet Diplomacy: The Reasons behind Mbeki's Zimbabwe Policy". Africa Spectrum. 39 (2): 249–276. ISSN 0002-0397. JSTOR 40175024.
  4. ^ "Galago". www.galago.co.za. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ Cockington, James (20 May 2009). "A record of regimental ties". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. ^ "The Rain Goddess, by Peter Stiff vorgestellt im Namibiana Buchdepot". www.namibiana.de. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Stiff, Peter". worldcat.org.
  8. ^ Cilliers, Jakkie (17 April 2015). Counter-Insurgency in Rhodesia (RLE: Terrorism and Insurgency). Routledge. ISBN 9781317499244.
  9. ^ Chennells, A. J. "Essay Review: The Treatment of the Rhodesian War in Recent Rhodesian Novels", University of Rhodesia, Michigan State University Library Archives, 1977, p.192-196.
  10. ^ "Book Review: The Covert War". defenceWeb. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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