The Man-Kzin wars
Larry Niven (Author), Poul Anderson (Author), Dean Ing (Author), Stephen Hickman (Illustrator)
An unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin, home of the fiercest warriors in Known Space. This was a mistake. Kzinti learned the hard way that the reason humanity decided to stop studying war was because they were so very good at it
Print Book, English, 1988
Baen Books, New York, 1988