Finished Mo 8/8/11
THE DOGS OF WAR is a long and detailed novel which chronicles the take-over of a fictional African country called Zangaro. A predatory English corporate chief finds out that there exists a priceless deposit of platinum in this backward nation, and hires ex-soldier of fortune and mercenary, Carlos 'Cat' Shannon, to organize a team and depose the president so that his company can capture the wealth.
The novel is not really a thriller, but goes into exhaustive detail about how such an insurgent force would be armed, funded, located, and coordinated. Since the novel is almost forty years old, I am sure that this kind of thing goes on in today's world, but the logistics would be much different.
In a kind of trick ending, although the corrupt leader is removed, Shannon's team does not install the 'puppet' president who would work for Sir James Manson, head of the London firm, Manson Consolidated Mining Limited, but finds a leader who would do more to promote the good of the country.
I have the film ordered from Netflix, and I am interested to see if it will be as good, or better than the novel.
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