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• 1 • Introduction: The Paper Warriors and Their Fights of Fantasy • essay by I. F. Clarke
• 27 • The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer • [Dorking] • novella by George Tomkyns Chesney [as by General Sir George Tomkyns Chesney]
• 74 • The Battle of Dorking • [Dorking] • (1871) • poem by Anonymous
• 77 • Der Ruhm: or, The Wreck of German Unity: The Narrative of a Brandenburger Hauptmann • (1871) • short story by Anonymous
• 95 • La Guerre au Vingtième Siècle • [Le vingtième siècle / The Twentieth Century • 2] • short story by Albert Robida (trans. of La Guerre au vingtième siècle 1887)
• 113 • The Taking of Dover • novelette by H. F. Lester [as by Horace Francis Lester]
• 139 • In a Conning Tower: How I Took HMS Majestic Into Action • (1888) • novelette by Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster
• 162 • The Stricken Nation • (1890) • short fiction by Hugh Grattan Donnelly
• 193 • The Raid of Le Vengeur • (1901) • short story by George Griffith
• 210 • The Green Curve • novelette by 'Ole Luk-Oie' [as by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton]
• 234 • The Trenches • (1908) • short story by Captain C. E. Vickers
• 251 • The Secret of the Army Aeroplane • (1909) • short story by A. A. Milne
• 257 • The Unparalleled Invasion: Excerpt from Walt Nervin's 'Certain Essays in History' • short story by Jack London (variant of The Unparalleled Invasion 1910)
• 271 • A Vision of the Future • (1912) • short story by Gustaf Janson
• 281 • "Planes!' • short story by F. Britten Austin [as by Frederick Britten Austin]
• 293 • Danger!: Being the Log of Captain John Sirius • novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle (variant of Danger! 1914) [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
• 321 • Frankreichs Ende im Jahr 19?? • (1915) • novel by Adolf Sommerfeld (trans. of Frankreichs Ende im Jahre 19?? Ein Zukunftsbild 1912)
• 364 • Bibliographical Notes (The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914) • essay by I. F. Clarke
• 377 • Biographical Notes (The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914) • essay by I. F. Clarke