“Obiect of the Exercise. To prepare, launch, and carry out an attack on the presidential palace at Clarence, capital of Zangaro, to storm and capture that palace, and to liquidate the President and his personal guards living inside. Also, to take possession of the bulk of the weapons and armory of the re-public, its national treasury and broadcasting radio station, also inside the palace. Lastly, to create such conditions that any armed survivors of the guard unit or the army are scattered outside the town and in no position to mount a viable counterattack.”
Forsyth’s war novel featuring a small group of European mercenary soldiers hired by a British industrialist to depose the government of the fictional African country of Zangaro.
New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 408 pages. Dust jacket in good condition and in protector. Boards clean with slight fading but very minimal wear. Binding tight and square. Owner’s name on half title page. Pages clear with some foxing on fore edge. Solid copy.
