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 enlarge | Author: Ernest Gordon
Publisher: Zondervan
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 34803
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0007118481
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5472092
EAN: 9780007118489
ASIN: 0007118481
Publication Date: May 1, 2002
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Moving October 20, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a story of ultimate forgiveness told firsthand by Ernest Gordon. The things he and his fellow prisoners of war experienced are near incomprehensible. ...and out of such despair comes the forever life-changing love they experience through Christ, Who is the example they start to follow in showing similar self-sacrificing love and kindness to their neighbors - even to their enemies.
I saw the movie before watching the book which may have been best, as I would've been disappointed had it been the other way around (ie. The book, as many books do, goes into more detail and describes other people encountered by Ernest. For time and format reason, the movie can't cover all of this.)
Also, the book is proof that such a powerful story can be told without foul language (which is present in the movie version).
Not your typical POW story January 3, 2006
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
While Earnest Gordon's story contains enough description of the atrocities inflicted on him and his fellow POW's by the hands of the Japanese in Southeast Asia during WW2, this does not read like your typical POW story. By typical, I mean a blow-by-blow account (literally at times) of the grueling, horrific experience of Allied soldiers during the war. Though there are passages of such description that aptly set the stage for the story, this book is more about the way in which Gordon and his fellow prisoners of war created the Kingdom of God in the hell of mankind.
It is, then, a differently woven story than you might expect. But given the chance, it is a wonderful story of redemption, forgiveness, love and charity - despite overwhelming odds - and is a story that you can't put down. There were times during my reading, that I found myself asking, "Could this be true?" But it is, as Gordon relates his experience from beginning to end, and concludes with an epilogue that completes his life after the war and puts a dose of realism to balance any incredulity the reader may have amassed.
Gordon's story is not designed to heap more evidence of damnation on the Japanese for the cruelties they inflicted during the war. That is the job for others, as Gordon clearly points out. Gordon's story, rather, is one to demonstrate that love can conquer hate, that goodness can overcome evil, that to "end all wars" mankind must learn to forgive and to love, even our enemies.
A powerful book!
fantastic story December 7, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ernest Gordon's first-hand account of being a POW in WWII. Gordon, a Scottish soldier and later Presbyterian minister and Chaplain of Princeton University, was captured by a Japanese warship and placed on the crew that built the bridge over the river Kwai. The account is well written and interesting from a historical perspective, but also engaging from a spiritual one as Gordon tells about his own transformation while imprisoned, as well as that of his fellow prisoners. If you are interested in history and biography told through the eyes of faith, then this makes an excellent read.
Great Film with a strong Christian message September 19, 2005
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've seen the film a couple of times already and will watch it again soon.
The friendship and love portrayed is compelling.
To End All Wars April 12, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
To End All Wars is the story of the author's time in a series of Japanese POW camps during World War II. I originally became interested in Ernest Gordon after viewing the movie by the same name. This is a story of courage, endurance, and resolve and the fact that Ernest Gordon and many of his fellow POW's were able to forgive their Japanese guards despite what they had lived through is a testament to the type of men they were. How many of us could do the same? This is a must read for all WWII buffs.
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