Alternate Warriors

What If...

...Mahatma Gandhi had become the high priest of a cult of death?
.. .Jane Austen joined forces with Davey Crockett to combat the armies of Napoleon?
.. .Albert Einstein, secret agent and ladies’ man, waged a covert war against Adolf Hitler and his Nazi hordes?
...Jesus Christ gathered his disciples and handed out swords?

History is full of conflict, and every conflict brings a choice: to fight back or to follow the path of peace. But what if history’s great peacemakers had chosen bloodier destinies? From Mother Teresa to Susan B. Anthony, from Saint Francis of Assisi to Martin Luther King Jr., Alternate Warriors presents startling sagas of the unlikeliest fighters of all: and how they come to make war!

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Mwalimu in the squared circle / Mike Resnick
Jane’s fighting ships / Esther Friesner
Taking action / Lawrence Schimel
Because thou lovest the Burning-ground / Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Ballad of the Spanish civil guard / Kathe Koja
The Vatican outfit / Laura Resnick
Tut’s wife / Maureen F. McHugh
Extreme feminism / Nicholas A. DiChario
The battle of all mothers / Jack Nimersheim
Jihad / Mercedes Lackey
Sam Clemens and the notable mare / Mel. White
… But the sword! / Anthony R. Lewis
Fugato / Barry N. Malzberg
The firebringers / David Gerrold
Albert Schweitzer and the treasures of Atlantis / George Alec Effinger
Queen of Asia / Judith Tarr
Zealot / Bill Fawcett
The Cold Warrior / Jack C. Haldeman II
For love of God / Michelle Sagara
Al Einstein - Nazi smasher! / Lea Hernandez
Mind over matter / Jack Nimersheim
One by one / Beth Meacham
The mark of the Angel / Tappan King
Standing firm / Barbara Delaplace
A sense of loyalty, a sense of betrayal / Brian M. Thomsen
Unmerited favor / Brad Linaweaver
Death of a dream / Jack C. Haldeman II
Monsieur Verne and the Martian invasion / Josepha Sherman
The arrival of Truth / Kristine Kathryn Rusch