War, the Bridge between Humanity and Barbarism, in David Gemmell’s Lion of Macedon and Janneker Lawrence Daniel’s ‘The Assignment,’ of 21 Tales to Tell.

War has always been justified. And so has it been vilified, in all cases. The line of demarcation segregating the evil and the good has ever managed to be grey, and never black and white, when circumstances and instances have been looked at from different perspectives. If the Big Bad Wolf is easy to spot, it would never make a getaway from the spot of crime, or even be able to approach a potential prey. But the fact is that the wily predator is always in disguise, ready to gobble up unwary prey wandering aimlessly. In any war, the good can appear to be bad, and vice versa. Such is the nature of War. When there is no clarity as to the identification of the good and the bad, losses of monumental proportions take place, both personal and professional. If the losses are personal, they are irreplaceable. War takes no steps to hide these facts or even makes pretence to appear good. It acts as a bridge, a mute spectator, and a platform with no boundaries.