The Best War Stories (Hamlyn, 1985, 0-600-38553-1, £5.95, 699pp, hc, an)
Massive anthology of 49 stories, articles and extracts about war.
- 9 · Black Sparta · Naomi Mitchison · nv (r)
- 34 · The Hostages · Naomi Mitchison · ss The Evening Standard May 4 1933
- 43 · Got to Put Up with It Now · Naomi Mitchison · ex from Vercingetorix and the Others (r)
- 49 · The Battle of Lepanto, 1571 · W. H. Prescott · ex from The History of Philip II, King of Spain (r)
- 60 · The Last Fight of the Revenge · Sir Walter Raleigh · ar (r)
- 66 · Trafalgar · Robert Southey · ex from The Life of Lord Nelson, John Murray, 1813
- 75 · Pierre a Prisoner · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · ex from War and Peace, The Oxford University Press, 1933
- 91 · The Warrior’s Soul · Joseph Conrad · ss Land & Water March 29 1917
- 108 · How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1895
- 127 · One of the Missing · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner March 11 1888
- 137 · One Kind of Officer · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 1 1893
- 145 · Mary Postgate · Rudyard Kipling · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1915
- 157 · A Friend of the Family · Rudyard Kipling · ss MacLean’s June 15 1924
- 169 · The Traitor [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1927
- 193 · The Tale · Joseph Conrad · ss The Strand Magazine October 1917
- 207 · The Night Patrol · “Taffrail” · ss 1929
- 223 · The Day’s Work · “Sea-Wrack” · ss “Six Bells” by Sea-Wrack, Rich, 1942
- 243 · The Survivor · “Bartimeus” · ex from Navy Eternal, Cassell & Co., 1918
- 251 · Paul Baümer Meets the Enemy · Erich Maria Remarque; translated by A. W. Wheen · ex from All Quiet on the Western Front, The Bodley Head,
- 266 · At All Costs · Richard Aldington · nv Roads to Glory by Richard Aldington, Chatto & Windus, 1930
- 281 · The Taking of Montfaucon · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury June 1929
- 292 · The Life and Adventures of Matthew Pavlichenko · Isaac Babel · ss The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel by Isaac Babel, S.G. Phillips, 1955
- 297 · Berestechko · Isaac Babel · ss The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel by Isaac Babel, S.G. Phillips, 1955
- 300 · The Coward of the Legion [Foreign Legion: John Bull] · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France by P. C. Wren, Murray, 1917
- 308 · The Mule [Foreign Legion: The Geste Brothers] · P. C. Wren · ss Good Gestes by P. C. Wren, Murray, 1929
- 321 · The Gardener · Rudyard Kipling · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1926
- 330 · Tell These Men to Go Away · Geoffrey Household · ss Argosy (UK) October 1965
- 336 · Out of the Depths · Sid Gorell · ss Twenty Singing Seamen ed. Ronald Hope, Stanford Maritime, 1979
- 341 · Why? · Howard Spring · ss Eleven Stories and a Beginning by Howard Spring, Collins, 1972
- 353 · How Sleep the Brave · H. E. Bates · nv The Stories of Flying Officer X by H. E. Bates, Jonathan Cape, 1952
- 385 · The Disinherited · H. E. Bates · ss Argosy (UK) September 1942, as by Flying Officer X
- 389 · The Offensive · Henri Thomas; translated by Ken Thomson · ss French Short Stories I ed. Pamela Lyon, Penguin, 1966
- 397 · Survivor’s Leave · William Venables · ss Argosy (UK) June 1957
- 403 · Wee Wullie · George MacDonald Fraser · ss The General Danced at Dawn by George MacDonald Fraser, Barrie & Jenkins, 1970
- 413 · Fear of Death · F. J. Salfeld · ss Short Stories from the Second World War ed. Dan Davin, Oxford University Press, 1982; listed as by F.J. Salfield in table of contents.
- 418 · The Prisoner’s Bike · Fred Urquhart · ss Story #104, November/December 1943
- 427 · Indecision · C. S. Forester · nv The Nightmare by C. S. Forester, Michael Joseph, 1954
- 447 · The Unbelievable · C. S. Forester · nv The Nightmare by C. S. Forester, Michael Joseph, 1954
- 471 · Daylight · Thomas Gilchrist · ss Twenty Singing Seamen ed. Ronald Hope, Stanford Maritime, 1979
- 477 · A Richer Dust · Noël Coward · nv Collected Short Stories by Noël Coward, Heinemann, 1962
- 508 · A Bar of Shadow · Laurens van der Post · ar The Cornhill Magazine Spring 1952
- 530 · The Cave · James A. Michener · nv Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, Macmillan, 1947
- 555 · Fo’ Dolla’ · James A. Michener · na Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, Macmillan, 1947
- 608 · Preach on the Dusty Roads · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 22 1942
- 616 · Retreat · Irwin Shaw · ss Collier’s January 27 1945
- 624 · Hal · John Horne Burns · ex from The Gallery (r)
- 657 · Naples · John Horne Burns · ex from The Gallery (r)
- 686 · Oral History · Nadine Gordimer · ss A Soldier’s Embrace by Nadine Gordimer, Viking Penguin, 1975
- 695 · Weapon · John Christopher · ss The Twenty-Second Century by John Christopher, Grayson & Grayson, 1954
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