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• 1 • Introduction (The Future at War Vol. 3: Orion's Sword) • (1980) • essay by Reginald Bretnor
• 7 •
  "In a Good Cause—"^?"In a Good Cause-"
  • (1951) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 40 • Chips on Distant Shoulders • (1980) • essay by Hal Clement
• 61 • Time Piece • (1970) • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 74 • Inhuman Error • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1974) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 100 • Couldn't We All Just Be Dear, Dear Friends? • (1980) • essay by Keith Laumer
• 107 • An Alien Sort of War • (1980) • essay by Katherine MacLean
• 118 • Early Bird • (1973) • short story by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas
• 135 • Inside Straight • (1955) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 166 • World of the Wars • (1980) • essay by Jon Freeman
• 183 • Superiority • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 198 • Steel Brother • (1952) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson (variant of The Steel Brother)
• 228 • Outguessing the Unknown: Psychological Aspects of Future War • (1980) • essay by Alan E. Nourse
• 243 • City of Yesterday • (1967) • short story by Terry Carr
• 256 • When I Was Red Rover • (1957) • short story by Dean Ing (variant of Red Rover)
• 276 • The Wizard Warriors: Computers and Robots in Warfare • (1980) • essay by G. Harry Stine
• 297 • Field Test • [Bolo] • (1976) • short story by Keith Laumer
• 323 • Encased in the Amber of Fate • (1980) • poem by Robert Frazier