The Dogs of War
In a remote corner of Zangaro, a small republic in Africa, lies Crystal Mountain. At certain times of the day the mountain emits a strange glow. Only Sir James Manson knows why. The mountain contains ten billion dollar's worth of the world's most valuable mineral, platinum. "Not only exciting but truly surprising"--Atlantic. Now the only question is, how to get hold of it. Sir James knows how. Invade the country with a band of savage, cold-blooded mercenaries. Topple the government and set up a puppet dictatorship. Unleash the dogs of war.
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- The book "Dogs of War" by Frederik Forsyth is an excellent semi-fictional description of a mercenary operation very analogous to the ones described in the article. The book is mostly concerned not with gratuitous violence, but hiring, logistics and finance in a legally gray-and-illegal territory and such is a fascinating read.
- There's also Frederick Forsyth's "The Dogs of War", a work of fiction which may have been part of the inspiration behind both plots (Forsyth was rumoured to have mingled with people preparing an actual coup in Equatorial Guinea whilst researching the book)
The history of post colonial governance in many African countries is a regular sequence of coups and coup attempts; it's a fair assumption that moneyed Western interests have played a role in sponsoring many of them and simply found existing local opposition groups and ambitious military generals to be a less risky option for conducting operations than foreign mercenaries.
- The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth I assume...I've got and read the book, but not seen the film.
