The Stars at war Book

Arthur Clarke said it first: If mankind is to survive, then for all but a very brief part of our history the word "ship" will mean "space ship." We will spread through space. We will build a colony on the moon: if we had a government of courage and imagination we would have that in time to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyages of discovery. As it is, it will take a bit longer; but we will go back to the Moon. We will settle other moons, and asteroids, and the planets; and we will go to the stars. Where mankind goes, government goes. It is no idle thing, then, to think about what forms of government we will take to the stars. We in this enlightened age think we know; but do we? We are, after all, no smarter than our ancestors. We know more, but that's quite a different thing - and we have forgotten much that we had best relearn before we pay dearly for what they knew and we don't. Contents: Introduction: Empire by J.E. Pournelle In Clouds of Glory by Algis Budrys The Star Plunderer by Poul Anderson Two Editorials & Postscripts by John W. Campbell Hymn of Breaking Strain by Rudyard Kipling The Miracle of Government by James Burnham To A Different Drum by Reginald Bretnor The Whirligig of Time by Vernor Vinge Nightmare with Angels by Stephen Vincent Benet The Aristocrat by Chan Davis The Sons of Martha by Rudyard Kipling Mail Supremacy by Hayford Pierce Herbig-Haro by Harry Turtledove The Fighting Philosopher by E.B. Cole The Voodoo Sciences by J.E. Pournelle Pax Galactica by Ralph Williams The Proper Study of Mankind by J.E. Pournelle Finger Trouble by Edward P. Hughes Yellow Rain and Space Wars by Adrian Berry That Share of Glory by C.M. Kornbluth The Stars at War by J.E. Pournelle