You really should not call a collection of war stories "best" if you have nothing from Marvel, DC or, especially, EC. That aside, the stories reprinted here range from excellent to "what-were-they-thinking?", although the latter are few and far between. The book includes stories by Will Eisner and Alex Toth, two comics greats, as well as Keiji Nakazawa's classic "I Saw It". They range in tone from virulently anti-war to pretty gung-ho, with most shades in between represented. The big surprise for me was the color section reprinting stories from Dell comics. The art by Sam Glanzman is predictably first rate, but I was surprised how good the stories were. Not every story in this book will appeal to every reader but there is so much here, you'll get your money's worth and then some, even if, like me, you are not particularly a fan of war comics.