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