A collection of war stories which reflect how, although men remember different moments, and remember them differently, they and war remain much the same, from Hannibal's march on Rome to Vietnam. The stories are all very short, and they are constructed so that the twist is the most important aspect of every one of them (something more commonly considered a feature of science fiction than other genres - though writers like Frederick Forsythe do this frequently in the thriller). All that most of the stories do is set up the situation, then reveal the twist. This makes them a little short of space for characterisation and so they are filled with stereotypes.
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