Book description
Equally courageous, equally deadly, the British mercenaries in Bosnia
have a story to tell as amazing as 'The One That Got Away', but a story
without official blessing. 'War Dogs' follows the fortunes of a gang of
eight British mercenaries, a mixed bunch, old and cynical, young and
naive, mean and psychotic, two idealists, and the rest just in it for
the money. Each of these rogue warriors has his own special skills,
strengths and weaknesses, and are all tested in an increasingly
terrifying and desperate series of engagements with the enemy. Both
sides fight dirty; this is an insider's account of the war in Bosnia
that goes far beyond what we read in the newspapers. Not all of them
make it back to Britain; one boy with no military experience has told
his mother he is working in Eurodisney, and she only finds out the truth
when he comes back in a box. Keith Cory-Jones was born in 1940 in
Bristol, where he still lives. His career to date has included such
diverse activities as sales and marketing, antique dealing, exhibition
promoting, military equipment distribution and a lengthy spell as a
photographer, before settling for writing as a full-time occupation.
This book was completed despite intricate communication problems with
country-hopping mercenaries who phone him in the dead of the night with
mortars playing in the background, and the unwelcome interruptions from
Kelly, his boxer dog who strongly objected to her walk periods being
delayed.
