Origins : The wooden horse / Robert Graves -- The sack of Troy / Robert Graves -- Raiding in the age of sail : The damage done by this Corsair / G.M. Thomson -- The wind commands me away / G.M. Thomson -- The early American tradition : The raid on St. Francis / Kenneth Roberts -- Struggle for the South / Fred Cook -- Wars with the Barbary pirates -- R.E. Dupuy and W.H. Baumer -- 19th Century Colonial warfare : The raid / Leo Tolstoy -- How the Legion began / Wyatt Blassingame -- The Legion fights in Algeria / Wyatt Blassingame -- The Civil War : Military means, political ends / Archer Jones -- Total war and an election / Bruce Catton -- World War I : Trapped by a Q-Ship / Lowell Thomas -- The raid upon the bridges / T.E. Lawrence -- World War II in Western Europe and North Africa : The Coup de Main at Eben Emael / Cajus Bekker -- The blood-bath of Crete / Cajus Bekker -- A British commando attempt to capture Rommel / Paul Carell -- The British raid on Tobruk / Paul Carell -- Brandenburgers in action behind the front / Paul Carell -- Raiders from the sea, chapters 16-18 / John Lodwick -- The Pacific War : A very private war / Walter Lord -- The road to Myitkyina / Ronald Spector -- Chinese pirates and the SACO dragon / Milton E. Miles -- Algeria, Round II : The leap of Leucadia / Jean Lartéguy -- The ultimate rescue : Entebbe / Chaim Herzog.