Writer Yevgeny Korshunov talks about the use of mercenary gangs by the forces of imperialism against the developing countries of Africa. In the West, among others, F. Forsyth's novel Dogs of War was published, glorifying, romanticizing and advertising mercenarism. Using the example of operations of mercenaries against Guinea, Angola, Zaire, Benin and other African countries, E. Korshunov shows who the "dogs of war" really serve, who and for what purposes contains and uses them. The book is written on the basis of documents, messages from the foreign press, confessions of the mercenaries themselves, as well as the author's personal impressions.