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The Edge of the Cave

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Edge of the Cave is a philosophic novel that addresses many issues and explores the thoughts from Plato to Nietzsche. The story itself is an allegory of the Platonic Cave. Most important in this post 9/11 age however, is this novel’s deep and intellectual treatment of war and terrorism.. It explores the effectiveness of the strategies of Christ or Gandhi practicing civil disobedience and the terroristic tactics of Hitler or Saddam Hussein for effecting change in the world. Since more and more countries are acquiring weapons of mass destruction, it becomes more important than ever to consider how use of them comports with traditional concepts of international law. How can one now determine a war crime from a reasonable use of modern weaponry? How should Iran or India or Pakistan or North Korea or any number of other countries feel about the concept of “preemptive strike” against another that could use nuclear weapons against them? How does Osama Bin Laden’s attack on the World Trade Center compare with a nuclear or other weapon of mass destruction attack against a country at war? How do we draw legal, moral and religious distinctions? These issues are debated in The Edge of the Cave. No answers are given, but the framework for the reader to reach his or her own conclusion is carefully laid. It gives us the opportunity to shift through the rapidly changing political world of military might.

Bailey, B. 2001, The Edge of the Cave, Authorhouse.

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