For example, for most of the 1980s Popular Communications, a ham, CB and shortwave radio hobbyist magazine, peppered just about every issue with sensationalistic articles and cover photos on spy, mercenary, guerrilla warfare, and other paramilitary use of radio.
The magazine's influence was such that it went beyond copycat magazines and led to some magazines on unrelated topics copying Soldier of Fortune's style in an effort to increase circulation. Originally quite obscure, it became popular in the early 1980s and spawned a cottage industry of copycat magazines, including New Breed and Gung Ho. And then some of it is utter woo designed to give wannabe edgy 14 year olds hardons. You see, the trouble with Soldier of Fortune is that some of it is actually solid stuff about military history and theory written by people like former staff officers and retired soldiers and academics. A subscription or interest in the magazine is treated as something worthy of derision. Most of the actual US military, particularly the special operations community, derisively regards Soldier of Fortune as a punchline and the antithesis of the "quiet professional" ethos espoused by actual qualified operators. No real mercenary would, of course, be caught dead reading such tripe. In actuality, it is a modern-day version of the " Men's adventure " magazines that proliferated from the 1940s through the 1970s, filled with exaggerated (or fabricated) stories about mercenary exploits, violence and badassery in Third World combat zones, combined with a ferociously right-wing, jingoistic editorial stance. Soldier of Fortune is a magazine founded in 1975, allegedly about the exploits of modern mercenaries. "The Dark Side of 'Soldier of Fortune' Magazine: Contract Killers and Mercenaries for Hire", David Holthouse We talked about killing commies the same way we talked about slaying orcs. “ ”For my Dungeons & Dragons buddies and I, reading Soldier of Fortune was like perusing a Dungeon Master's Guide or Monster Manual.
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