A review by bluestarfish
The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth

3.0

The Dogs of War was published in 1974 and so is veering into the territory of historical fiction. Telegramming people with date and times to call or meet, not travelling with more than £25 in cash so as not to raise suspicions, having to physically go to places to find out information... It's all rather bonkers. The post-imperial and colonial attitudes, and arms dealing export licence nonsense still sound a bit too realistic. There's a pretty detailed account of how to organise buying arms and smuggling them across Europe and various borders, which is weirdly fascinating and also a little boring from the story point of view. An odd book. Anyway, careful when you find a mountain of platinum I guess.