This is the book which marked Frederick Forsyth's transition from journalist to author.A record of one of the most brutal conflicts the Third World has ever suffered, it has become a classic of modern war reporting.But it is more than that. It voices one man's outrage not only at the extremes of human violence, but also at the duplicity and self-interest of the Western Governments ' most notably, the British, who tacitly accepted or actively aided that violence.