TVI Journal

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TVI Journal (or Terrorism, Violence, Insurgency Journal) was founded in 1980, edited by journalists Mark Monday and Roger Chapman and published by Peder Lund.

In 1970 Lund had, with Robert K. Brown, founded Paladin Press, the book-publishing arm of Soldier of Fortune magazine which, according to [[Edward S. Herman and Gerry O'Sullivan, was 'the premier producer of assassination and "unorthodox" combat manuals in the United States, In 1983, Lund traveled to El Salvador with a Soldier of Fortune contingent of mercenaries to help "train" certain elements of the Salvadoran military, A photo in Soldier of Fortune, September 1983, shows Lund with a Salvadoran soldier and the bodies of two dead "guerrillas," Robert Chapman, Lund's associate editor, was with the CIA for twenty-seven years and wrote The Crimson Web of Terror for Paladin Press.'

The Journal was said to be targeting journalists and corporate executives.

In 1985 the Journal was taken over by Brian Jenkins the Rand Corporation director for studies on subnational conflict. Under Jenkins the journal was renamed TVI Report.

The journal was described as having contributors that are 'academic experts in the field of terrorism and officials with direct responsibilities and firsthand experiences in dealing with the problems they address.' [1]

Notes

  1. A. Schmid and A. J. Jongman, Political Terrorism: A new guide to acrtors, authors, concepts, data bases, theories and literature,1988 by Transaction Publishers.