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Behind the Bastards
It was discussed as a fictionalized account of Forsyth's attempt to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, which was also used as a guide for other mercenary coup attempts.
But the very next year, Frederick Forsyth published another book called The Dogs of War about a group of European mercenaries who carry out a coup against a brutal island dictator.
— Episode: Part One: The Dumbest Coup In World Hist...
Episode: Part One: The Dumbest Coup In World History
It was discussed as a fictionalized account of Forsyth's attempt to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, which was also used as a guide for other mercenary coup attempts.
But the very next year, Frederick Forsyth published another book called The Dogs of War about a group of European mercenaries who carry out a coup against a brutal island dictator.
And the book bore a striking resemblance to all of the planning for the failed 1973 coup.
And like very little of the book actually involved any action or fighting or the coup itself.
Almost all of it was just a detailed step by step guide to how to like, here's how we go about getting end user certificates.
In 2006, Frederick Forsyth all but admitted to an interviewer that he had in fact planned and failed to execute a coup to overthrow Maseus.