War Stories

War Stories – a collection of five early stories by John D. MacDonald, of private wars, espionage and old soldiers.

Interlude in India (1946)

Blame Those Who Die (1946) – Adventure in Ceylon Opens with the Young American Making Off with Someone Else’s Airplane and Ends When the East Closes One Account

The Flying Elephants (1946) – Bill Drucker Liked His Job in Ceylon With Its Weird Contrasts of Civilization and Savagery; Now It Seemed He Was to Lose It

Coward In The Game (1946) – Battlefield or Football Field, They Both Take Guts – But Maybe a Different Kind

Final Mission (1950) – In that precise, antiseptic, post-war society, thirteen hell-raising old space-warriors were as obsolete as brass knuckles in a debate … and somewhat more of a nuisance. So brass-bands played, and brass-hats brayed … and a coffin ship left for the stars …