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{{quote|''"Knocking off a bank or an armoured truck is merely crude. Knocking off an entire republic has, I feel, a certain style."'' |'''Sir James Manson'''}}
''The Dogs of War'' is a 1974 novel by Frederick Forsyth. It follows [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Sir James Manson]], who discovers a large amount of valuable platinum in Zangaro, a [[
This book is a famous example of [[Shown Their Work]]; Forsyth spent time covering the Nigerian Civil War, and drew heavily from his experiences there. Several people have even tried to carry out coups in real life based on the methods presented within. Forsyth actually pretended to be overthrowing the government of New Guinea based on the very methods he later put into the book, although it is not quite clear whether he would have actually succeeded.
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* [[Out Gambitted]]: {{spoiler|Manson and his cronies}}.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Shannon and company.
* [[
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: The mercenaries about smuggling arms, because one error will get them all life in prison.
* [[Rival Turned Evil]] / [[Driven By Envy]]: Roux and Shannon.
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* [[Redshirt Army]]: Kimba's forces, mostly due to not having workable guns.
* [[Secretly Dying]]: {{spoiler|Mercenary leader "Cat" Shannon has been diagnosed with cancer, which motivates his betrayal of his employers as a final act of virtue}}.
* [[What an Idiot!]]: Kimba. See [[Redshirt Army]].
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