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Summary: Insipid and tedious
Review: Mediocre language. Unncessary details. Too long a book for a plot like this. It is full of stuff that is entirely unrelated to the plot, just adding to the number of pages of the book. And then some routine things like hero falling in love with the villain's daughter without any convincing reason whatsoever. Go and read some great fiction/literature by Salman Rushdie, Thomas Pynchon or even John Grisham rather than wasting your precious time on dumb stuff like this.
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Summary: Dogs of Malicious Symbols of Socio-political hallmarks
Review: The Dogs of War by F. F. is an intricate cultural novel which focuses on the different concepts that underlie politics across the world in a central African location. This book is intricate in all the concepts it deals with, i.e. politics, resource economy and the eclectic types of tribal mercenaries present. All in all, the book is a horrendous yet scrupulous analysis of the complex avarice that is ubiquitous in all socio-cultural hodgepodge novels. The complex metaphorical analysis and connections present in the book allow the reader to better discern the sundry of indelible characters that try to attain the resource-gluttonous needs of every complex society around the world. The platinum rich mountain is more than a unifying symbol of greed unto which all humanity rests its existential and rather materialistic bases on. It is more of a dithering social analysis that percolates through the general needs of our modern world, which depend on such symbols as platinum rich mountains. The incipient technological innovations that come through what we need in our modernistic valued world comes to see the mountain as a complex intertwined mix of different cultural as well as political needs. It therefore becomes the sole possessor of all mind psychology and philosophy, which base their attitudes on the materialism that pervades most of our societies and governments today.! YEAAAA
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Summary: The Dogs Of War
Review: The Dogs of war is a classic novel, well blended with spine chilling experiences and happy moments. Sadness also finds a palce in parts of hte book. The best book by Fredrick Forsyth, following The Day of The Jackal. The novel maintains a steady pace throughout, mystifying the reader's mind. It is a woderful piece of art. The writer has succeded in putting bringing together thrill and sorrow at the same time, something that I found missing in The Day of The Jackal and The Odessa File. both were equally gripping but this book has to surpass the quality of the two other books only because of the different emotions, felt not only by the writer, but also the the reader...
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Summary: A great book
Review: The Dogs of war is one of Forsyth's best novels. I read it after after reading "The Day Of The Jackal" and for the second time was not dissapointed. The novel in itself is full of suspense and the ending is a shocker. It is a great piece of work
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Summary: The Dogs Of War
Review: The Frederick Forsyth book The Dogs of War was a very good book. It keeps the reader interested throughout the whole book. At the beginning of the book, Forsyth use good details to show us the planes that are landing in the night. The author tells the reader a lot about the main characters background before some of them became mercenaries. This book is right for people who like action books. The overthrowing of a government provides us with a good action book. The Manson Consolidated Mining Company has sent one of its mining scientist to the Crystal Mountains to check if the mountains contain tin. He actually finds that the mountains contain platinum which is very valuable. The only way the mining company can mine the mountains is to have the country's government overthrown. This is the conflict that makes this a good book. It was really enjoyable to read because there are some great combat scenarios in this book. If you are a person who likes combat stories then I would suggest getting this book.
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Summary: Not the best Forsyth
Review: The ingredients for a vintage Forsyth novel are there. However, the mix is not optimal. At times, the reading becomes tedious. Notwithstanding that, it's still a good read, even if it's just for the sake of increasing your general knowledge.
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Summary: good story, but not up to the standard of his other books
Review: The whole idea of a group of mercenaries going on a covert mission to invade another country to overthrow the government, insert a puppet dictator and then exploit the natural resources sounded fascinating and realistic to me. I expected a lot of drama and intrigue but that's not what I got. I would describe most of the book as bland or lukewarm. There were simply too many monotonous details written about the organizing of the covert operation than the operation itself. I don't mind reading about details of events before an operation or attack, it's just that the organizing of this operation went a little too smoothly. It seemed like the hero of the story (a mercenary) didn't have too many worries. There was just one big problem he had but it was delt with very quickly like magic. How a certain event unfolded was not explained very well as it could have been. While reading, I was wondering "Where was he and how did he know?" and "Exactly how did that happen?". Some may not pay that much attention to it but I think the sub-plot could have been drawn out more, it was resolved too easily. The little twist at the end was effective and made sense. I actually thought that it was kind of funny. Forsyth fans will find this book enjoyable, but not nearly as gripping as his other books like "The Fist of God" and "The Day of the Jackel".
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Summary: A significant pulp fiction landmark work
Review: This book holds together quite well, although is noticably dated at this stage. It is entertaining and is a worthwhile addition to the collection of any Africa enthusiast, if for no other reason than memories of 1970's Africa which it is bound to arouse.
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Summary: A great book...
Review: This book is a brilliant story with insightful views on the lives of mostly unknown professionals who will fight for any cause --if the price is right. It tells of a band of mercenaries who find themselves knee-deep in the plot of an English CEO to literially take over an minor African nation and install a president who will give them a deal on mining rights to a certain mountain. It's a wonderful tale set in the '70s, full of close calls and twisted dealings that ends with a surprise! A real page-turner.
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Summary: minning magnate hires mercenarys to topple african country
Review: This is my favorite forsyth, i found this book extremly enjoyable. Sir james manson discovers platinum in a remote corner of africa. how to gain a monopoly? answer: in return for toppling the present goverment, the sucessor will allow full mining rights to manson's company. Cat shanon the mercenary in charge decides to foil the scheme. Forsyth did his homework well on this one.
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