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Five Doomed Armies in Science Fiction

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Front Lines and Frontiers

The Horrors of War: Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake

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As the Computer Commands: The General, Book 1: The Forge by David Drake and S. M. Stirling

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Those Pesky Earthlings: Pandora’s Legions by Christopher Anvil

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Read an Excerpt From The Last Watch

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Alien Abduction Meets Military History and Adventure: Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle

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The First Teaser for Netflix’s Outside the Wire Shows Off a Robotic Anthony Mackie

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The Helmsman by Bill Baldwin
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Warfare, Wooing, and Whimsy: The Helmsman by Bill Baldwin

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Hugo Spotlight: The Light Brigade
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Hugo Spotlight

Hugo Spotlight: Kameron Hurley’s The Light Brigade Is a New Classic of Military SF

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Five Doomed Armies in Science Fiction

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October 1939 cover of Astounding magazine with "Grey Lensman" story art
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More Action, More Science, More Thrills: Gray Lensman by E. E. “Doc” Smith

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3 alternate Tactics of Mistake book covers
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Front Lines and Frontiers

Mercenaries and the Future of Humanity: Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson

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Book covers for Keith Laumer's The Glory Game and End as a Hero
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A Pair of Aces: The Glory Game and End as a Hero by Keith Laumer

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