[Jackaroo #- Winning Peace 01] • The Mammoth Book of SF Wars

Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power. So what will future wars be like? And what will cause them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a collection of gripping SF stories which explores a daunting gamut of possible future conflicts: nuclear tactics and enhanced soldiery, terrorism and cyberware, intelligent robotic machines and even war with aliens.

Contents

xi • Introduction (The Mammoth Book of SF Wars) • essay by Ian Whates and Ian Watson

1 • Peacekeeper • shortstory by Brad R. Torgersen and Mike Resnick

20 • From Out of the Sun, Endlessly Singing • shortstory by Simon R. Green

32 • All for Love • (1962) • shortstory by Algis Budrys

52 • The War Artist • (2011) • shortstory by Tony Ballantyne

65 • The War Memorial • [Near Space] • (1995) • shortstory by Allen Steele

71 • Politics • (1990) • novelette by Elizabeth Moon

98 • Arena • (1944) • novelette by Fredric Brown

125 • Peacekeeping Mission • (2008) • shortstory by Laura Resnick

136 • The Peacemaker • [Berserker] • (1964) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen (variant of The Life Hater)

145 • Junked: A Combat K Adventure • (2009) • shortfiction by Andy Remic (variant of Junked)

165 • The Liberation of Earth • (1953) • shortstory by William Tenn

185 • A Clean Escape • (1985) • shortstory by John Kessel

200 • Storming Hell • (2009) • novelette by John Lambshead

238 • Solidarity • (2005) • novella by Walter Jon Williams

296 • The Price • (2010) • novelette by Michael Z. Williamson

322 • The Horars of War • (1970) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe (variant of The HORARS of War)

341 • The Traitor • [Bolo] • (1997) • novelette by David Weber

365 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith

382 • Caught in the Crossfire • [Hammer's Slammers] • (1978) • shortstory by David Drake

397 • The Rhine's World Incident • [Polity Universe] • (2008) • shortstory by Neal Asher

412 • Winning Peace • [Jackaroo] • (2007) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]

439 • Time Piece • (1970) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman

449 • The Wake • (2011) • shortstory by Dan Abnett

463 • The Pyre of New Day • [Skolian Short Fiction • 7] • novelette by Catherine Asaro