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• 1 • Introduction (The Future at War Vol. 1: Thor's Hammer) • (1979) • essay by Reginald Bretnor
• 7 • The Long Watch • [Future History] • (1949) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein
• 29 • Defending the Third Industrial Revolution • (1979) • essay by G. Harry Stine
• 37 •  Defending the Third Industrial Revolution • interior artwork by David Egge
• 39 •  Defending the Third Industrial Revolution [2] • interior artwork by David Egge
• 48 •  Defending the Third Industrial Revolution [3] • interior artwork by David Egge
• 53 • Old Woman by the Road • (1978) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 63 • Encased in the Amber of Eternity • poem by Robert Frazier
• 65 • Moon Rocks • (1973) • short story by Tom Purdom
• 83 • Lasers, Grasers, and Marxists • (1976) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
• 103 • Fixed Price War • [Merle Walters • 1] • (1978) • short story by Charles Sheffield
• 125 • Marius • [Psychotechnic League] • (1957) • short story by Poul Anderson
• 147 • Weapons in Future Warfare • (1979) • essay by Roger A. Beaumont and R. Snowden Ficks
• 173 • Scenario for the Fall of Night • (1979) • short story by Roger A. Beaumont
• 186 • The Spell of War • [Lord Darcy] • (1978) • novelette by Randall Garrett
• 220 • Military Vehicles: Into the Third Millennium • (1979) • essay by Dean Ing
• 236 •  Military Vehicles: Into the Third Millennium • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 239 •  Military Vehicles: Into the Third Millennium [2] • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 241 •  Military Vehicles: Into the Third Millennium [3] • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 249 • The Man in the Gray Weapons Suit • (1979) • short story by Paul J. Nahin
• 265 • Just an Old-Fashioned War Story • (1977) • short story by Michael G. Coney
• 288 • The Private War of Private Jacob • (1974) • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 297 • One Foot in the Grave: Medicine in Future Warfare • (1979) • essay by Alan E. Nourse
• 319 • Shark • (1973) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 346 • Training • short story by David Langford
• 355 • Final Muster • (1961) • novelette by Rick Rubin