The Dogs Of War (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped, in mylar; minor shelfwear. Binding: remains tight. Clean and bright copy.
In the shadowy corridors of global power, where mercenaries and mining magnates operate beyond the reach of law, Frederick Forsyth's The Dogs of War presents one of the most chillingly plausible political thrillers ever written. When a British tycoon discovers a mountain of platinum in the fictional West African nation of Zangaro — a brutal dictatorship — he secretly commissions a mercenary operation to topple its government, placing at the centre of the story the cold, calculating professional soldier Cat Shannon, a man for whom war is simply business. Forsyth chronicles Shannon's meticulous preparation for the coup with an almost documentary precision: the arms procurement, the recruitment of fighters, the logistical planning — every detail rendered with an authenticity that blurs the line between fiction and reality. Published in 1974 and drawing on Forsyth's own first-hand experience as a journalist covering the Nigerian Civil War, The Dogs of War is a masterclass in research-driven thriller writing, a hallmark of the author's celebrated style established in The Day of the Jackal. The novel argues as much about the ruthless machinery of neocolonial capitalism as it does about individual morality, exposing the cynical calculus behind geopolitical manipulation in postcolonial Africa. Forsyth's prose is lean, clinical, and utterly gripping — a style that transforms exhaustive technical detail into page-turning suspense — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final shot is fired, who truly pulls the strings of war.
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Hutchinson of Australia
Genre: Thriller
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped, in mylar; minor shelfwear. Binding: remains tight. Clean and bright copy.
In the shadowy corridors of global power, where mercenaries and mining magnates operate beyond the reach of law, Frederick Forsyth's The Dogs of War presents one of the most chillingly plausible political thrillers ever written. When a British tycoon discovers a mountain of platinum in the fictional West African nation of Zangaro — a brutal dictatorship — he secretly commissions a mercenary operation to topple its government, placing at the centre of the story the cold, calculating professional soldier Cat Shannon, a man for whom war is simply business. Forsyth chronicles Shannon's meticulous preparation for the coup with an almost documentary precision: the arms procurement, the recruitment of fighters, the logistical planning — every detail rendered with an authenticity that blurs the line between fiction and reality. Published in 1974 and drawing on Forsyth's own first-hand experience as a journalist covering the Nigerian Civil War, The Dogs of War is a masterclass in research-driven thriller writing, a hallmark of the author's celebrated style established in The Day of the Jackal. The novel argues as much about the ruthless machinery of neocolonial capitalism as it does about individual morality, exposing the cynical calculus behind geopolitical manipulation in postcolonial Africa. Forsyth's prose is lean, clinical, and utterly gripping — a style that transforms exhaustive technical detail into page-turning suspense — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final shot is fired, who truly pulls the strings of war.