Sword author's suicide? -- myArmoury.com

Ruel A. Macaraeg · Posted: Wed 22 May, 2013 9:07 pm Post subject: Sword author's suicide?

CNN reports that on Tuesday, a "right-wing historian and author" committed suicide at Notre Dame in Paris. The article identifies him as Dominique Venner, age 78.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/21/world/europe/fr...hpt=hp_bn2

Is this the same Dominique Venner who wrote Les Armes Blanches: Sabres et Epées in 1986?
http://www.forensicfashion.com/ReferencesInPrintFrenchV.html
The book's rear jacket flap describes him as "Historien, journaliste, expert dans les ventes publiques," etc.

Isaac D Rainey · Posted: Wed 22 May, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject:

Yes, here is his wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Venner

Christopher B Lellis · Posted: Thu 23 May, 2013 1:38 am Post subject:

CNN is vicious left wing propaganda. I don't recommond any person of European decent giving that network any time of your day.

They are pathological liars. Don't be fooled by the smiling commentators, they are not your friends.

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

That's entirely out of bounds and unsuited for this site. Reel it in, man. Reel it in.

Bruno Giordan · Posted: Thu 23 May, 2013 2:18 am Post subject:

He was an historian with a keen interest for military history, including the US Civil War.

What brought him to suicide has political motivations so it cannot be discussed here.

Whoever is interested to know a little more can PM me in private.

Ruel A. Macaraeg · Posted: Fri 24 May, 2013 4:23 am Post subject:

Isaac, Bruno: Thanks for confirming. I had not been aware of Venner's other work or the controversies around it.

(Christopher: I'm of largely non-European descent.)

Michael Curl · Posted: Fri 24 May, 2013 3:18 pm Post subject:

Hahha, Ruel you busted me up with that last one.