The best short stories dealing with military matters as represented by some of the top names in the field. They range from fighting from Earth to the depths of space and the near future to the farthest future.

Edited by Harry Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg

Contents:

• Introduction by Harry Turtledove
• Among Thieves by Poul Anderson
• Second Variety by Philip K Dick
• Hero by Joe W Haldeman
• Superiority by Arthur C. Clarke
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• Hangman by David Drake
• The Last Article by Harry Turtledove
• The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith
• Night of the Vampyres by George R. R. Martin
• To the Storming Gulf by Gregory Benford
• Wolf Time by Walter Jon Williams
• The Scapegoat by C. J. Cherryh
• Dragonrider by Anne McCaffrey