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| name = Alternate Warriors
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| editor = [[Mike Resnick]]
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = [[Alternate history]], [[political fiction]]
| publisher = [[Tor Books]]
| pub_date = September 1, 1993
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| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]])
| pages = 434
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'''''Alternate Warriors''''' is an [[alternate history]] [[anthology]] edited by [[Mike Resnick]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/mike-resnick/alternate-warriors.htm|title=Fantastic Fiction.com: Alternate Warriors by Mike Resnick|website=www.fantasticfiction.com}}</ref> published in the United States by [[Tor Books]]. The anthology contains 29 short stories, including Resnick's own "Mwalimu in the Squared Circle". The other stories are by different authors, and present scenarios where famous peacemakers are instead warriors in a way that did not occur in real life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uchronia.net/label/resnaltern.html|title=Uchronia: Mike Resnick anthologies|website=www.uchronia.net}}</ref> The anthology was released on September 1, 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/title/alternate-warriors~mike-resnick~104646.htm|title=Alternate Warriors by Mike Resnick|website=www.fictiondb.com}}</ref>

==Stories==

{| class="wikitable"
!Title !! Author !! Scenario
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|"Mwalimu in the Squared Circle" || [[Mike Resnick]] || In 1979, in order to end the [[Uganda-Tanzania War]], [[Julius Nyrere]] accepts [[Idi Amin]]'s challenge to a boxing match. However, being outweighed by 200 pounds, Nyrere struggles to stay alive in the boxing ring.
|-
|"Jane's Fighting Ships" || [[Esther Friesner]] || In 1798, [[Napoleon]] invades and conquers [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]]. 13 years later, [[Jane Austen]] meets [[Davey Crockett]] and they find out that they have much in common, including a distaste for l'empereur's ambitions.
|-
|"Taking Action" || [[Lawrence Schimel]] || In 1955, after he sees into the future and has visions of the 1992 [[Rodney King]] beating, [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] is pushed away from the path of non-violence, leading to the [[civil rights movement]] following a more violent route. This eventually leads to a [[duel]] between King and [[List of governors of Alabama|Alabama governor]] [[George Wallace]].
|-
|"Because Thou Lovest the Burning-Ground" || [[Michael P. Kube-McDowell]] || In the 1890, after failing several university exams, [[Mohandas Gandhi]] meets a [[Thuggee]] cultist along the road and becomes his disciple. After that, Gandhi's new education and the violent movement he starts years later following the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]] in 1919. The [https://external-preview.redd.it/5GtwpOXLBFnT9K-Lh7j76x76OqjMI670j4RmUou8B1I.jpg?auto=webp&s=d8285068e788cc50005d36011a1cb60c56b11d94 front cover of the anthology] depicts a muscular Gandhi angrily holding a [[rocket launcher]], referencing the story.
|-
|"Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard" || [[Kathe Koja]] ||
|-
|"The Vatican Outfit" || [[Laura Resnick]] || In 1978, [[Mafiosi]] warns [[Pope John Paul I]] of his imminent assassination and after several more assassination attempts, the [[Pope]] adopts a new management style to run the church.
|-
|"Tut’s Wife" || [[Maureen F. McHugh]] || Following the death of [[Pharaoh]] [[Tutankhamun]] in 1325 BC, his now widowed wife/half-sister [[Ankhesenamun]] soughs a new husband to protect her and to help spread the faith of [[Aten]] in [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
|-
|"Extreme Feminism" || [[Nicholas A. DiChario]] || In 1865, [[Susan B. Anthony]] buys a gun and after demonstration gone awry and despite her desires, she finds herself becoming an outlaw. This leads to the struggle for [[Women's suffrage in the United States]] to go down a more violent turn.
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|"The Battle of All Mothers" || [[Jack Nimersheim]] ||
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|"Jihad" || [[Mercedes Lackey]] || In 1918 after [[Daraa]], [[T.E. Lawrence]] experiences a revelation, converts to [[Islam]] and preaches a [[holy war]]. Lawrence and the Arabs then capture [[Damascus]] without [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] help.
|-
|"Sam Clemens and the Notable Mare" || [[Mel White]] || [[Mark Twain|Sam Clemens]] heads east from [[Nevada]] in 1864 and gets captured by [[Quantrill's Raiders]]. Clemens' Indian horse does his part to rout the guerilla band when [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] soldiers arrive.
|-
|"...But the Sword!" || [[Anthony R. Lewis]] || In 1202, [[Francis of Assisi]] becomes a [[Crusades|Crusader]] rather than a priest, but quits in disgust after witnessing [[Constantinople]] being sacked. Prior to that, Francis was drafted by the [[Pope]] to lead a new militant order and lead the crusade that recaptured [[Jerusalem]] in 1221, which would cause his later canonization.
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|"Fugato" || [[Barry N. Malzberg]] || During [[World War II]] in 1942, [[Leonard Bernstein]] is drafted into the [[United States Army|US Army]] and is classified as a 1A. Two years later while he is trapped inside an [[Ardennes]] farmhouse, Bernstein contemplates the path that led him there.
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|"The Firebringers" || [[David Gerrold]] || Various [[Hollywood]] stars were in reality the types of men they played in the movies. For example, Colonel [[Gregory Peck]] flies a bomber carrying a nuclear device to [[Berlin]], though he has second thoughts and argues with [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Humphrey Bogart]] and others.
|-
|"Albert Schweitzer and the Treasures of Atlantis" || [[George Alec Effinger]] ||
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|"Queen of Asia" || [[Judith Tarr]] || In 332 BC, after being dismayed by her son [[Darius III]]'s show of cowardice in fighting [[Alexander the Great]], his mother [[Sisygambis]] has him killed and becomes a regent for her grandson [[Drypetis]]. With [[Persia]] under her direction, Sisygambis has them attack Alexander the Great from behind at [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]], and she comes up with a novel fate for her new prisoner.
|-
|"Zealot" || [[Bill Fawcett (writer)|Bill Fawcett]] || [[Moses]] leads the [[Israelites]] into guerrilla warfare with the [[Pharaohs in the Bible|Pharaoh]] in Egypt and after three years of fighting, they occupy pharaoh's [[Giza]]n palace. However, they soon find themselves being besieged by an overwhelming force.
|-
|"The Cold Warrior" || [[Jack C. Haldeman II]] ||
|-
|"For Love of God" || [[Michelle Sagara]] || In 1170, [[Thomas Becket]] does not return after fleeing [[Kingdom of England|England]] a dispute between him and [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]]. Armies representing England and [[Kingdom of France|France]] meet on a French battlefield, and Becket remembers the history of his relationship with Henry.
|-
|"Al Einstein — Nazi Smasher!" || [[Lea Hernandez]] || Instead of becoming a scientist, [[Albert Einstein]] becomes a professional musician and later a spy. Years later on a mission to [[Peenemünde]], Einstein meets temptress [[Eva Braun]] and the evil dictator [[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Schicklgruber]].
|-
|"Mind over Matter" || [[Jack Nimersheim]] ||
|-
|"One by One" || [[Beth Meacham]] || In 1813, [[Tecumseh]] and his [[Tecumseh's Confederacy|Confederacy]] turns the tide against the [[United States]] at the [[Battle of the Thames]] by preventing himself from getting killed. This results in the [[Northwest Territory|Northwest Territories]] only becoming a US state decades later. Even over a century after the battle, conflicts between [[White Americans|whites]] and [[Native Americans in the United States|reds]] in "[[Indiana]]" constantly simmers with acts of terrorism and retaliation.
|-
|"The Mark of the Angel" || [[Tappan Wright King]] || After being wounded while on a mission from [[Rome]] to [[Paris]] in 1943, amnesiac Angelo Roncalli (the future [[Pope John XXIII]]) joins the [[French Resistance]]. 18 years later, he is reminded of his days in the Resistance.
|-
|"Standing Firm" || [[Barbara Delaplace]] || In 1938, [[Neville Chamberlain]] make up his mind to stand up to [[Adolf Hitler]] at [[Munich]], including a conversation with appeasement proponent [[Winston Churchill]].
|-
|"A Sense of Loyalty, a Sense of Betrayal" || [[Brian Thomsen]] || In 1918, after [[Sidney Reilly]] is caught attempting to overthrow [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Leon Trotsky]], was offered a deal.
|-
|"Unmerited Favor" || [[Brad Linaweaver]] || In 30, [[Jesus Christ]] preaches for a more militant line. He then hands out weapons to his new followers and takes them out into the desert to confront [[Satan]]. Several are angered, however, that they are not attacking the [[Roman Empire|Romans]].
|-
|"Death of a Dream" || [[Jack C. Haldeman II]] || In 1963, [[J. Edgar Hoover]] decided to smear [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] just before he gives his famous "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech, leading to the [[civil rights movement]] falling apart. A decade later, King prepares to assassinate [[Law and order (politics)|law and order]] President [[Richard J. Daley]] and weeps over the [[Ethnic conflict|race war]] that has consumed the United States.
|-
|"Monsieur Verne and the Martian Invasion" || [[Josepha Sherman]] || In a [[steampunk]] version of the 19th century, inventor [[Jules Verne]] discovers and battles [[Martian]]s.
|-
|"The Arrival of Truth" || [[Kristine Kathryn Rusch]] || In the 1850s, [[Sojourner Truth]] marches through the [[Southern United States|Southern States]] and tells the [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] to take what is theirs, causing a [[Slave rebellion|slave revolt]].
|-
|}

==Reviews==
*Review by Mark R. Kelly (1993) in [[Locus (magazine)|Locus]], #394 November 1993
*Review by Leigh Grossman (1994) in Horror #1, January 1994

==See also==
* [[List of works by Mike Resnick]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080904221818/http://www.iblist.com/book41092.htm Internet Book List entry]

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[[Category:Cultural depictions of Martin Luther King Jr.]]
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->JCC the Alternate Historian: Fixed a minor error.