TO END ALL WARS by Ernest Gordon Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of TO END ALL WARS
Book Review: Excellent Narrative of the Author's time as a POW
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book with the mindset that it would be full of action and give a real insight into what the country and conditions were like for these POWs. Not only does it do just that, but it also brings you into the camp as if you were a POW right next to them. The story telling is fantastic and the information you learn is surprising. The only reason I give 4 stars is beause the author bring religion into the narrative for quite an extensive period of time. Granted he nearly died numerous times and that typically brings one to find God, but I did not expect it and became slightly bored. What should have taken me a day to read, took a week, once the religion aspect entered the story, I found myself uninterested and unable to read more than a handful of pages at a time. A fantastic insight into the life of a POW, nonetheless.Book Review: God makes neighbors: we make enemies
Summary: 5 Stars
This was one of the most moving Christian testimonies I have read. It is the amazing biography of Ernest Gordon, a British POW in Japanese occupied Thailand. The book is more than that though. The personal and historical account of To End All Wars provides the reader with tremendous hope born in the midst of suffering. In the same spirit as Corrie Ten Boon's the Hiding Place, this work writes about the difficulty of finding and protecting the value of human life through the power of God's love and forgiveness. Such was the key to Ernest Gordon's end to the war and for many of his fellow inmates, and it is a message that is repeated throughout the account. There are many moments when such self-sacrificing love is put to the test. One defining moment was when the prisoners administered aid to wounded Japanese soldiers who were previously their captors at the very end of the war. The title of my review comes from a quote from Mr. Gordon taken from this event. The book itself is a testament to the grace and mercy of God, which offered these defeated men a restoration of their souls through forgiveness rather than maintain in their hearts the bitterness of hatred despite the cruelty they suffered. A truly powerful and soul-stirring book!Book Review: Great Condition!
Summary: 4 Stars
As claimed, the book is in good condition. It took longer than i thought to get, but it was worth the wait.
thank you.
Book Review: Great Film with a strong Christian message
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen the film a couple of times already and will watch it again soon.
The friendship and love portrayed is compelling.
Book Review: Greater love hath no man
Summary: 5 Stars
I assume that this book is similar if not the same as Ernest Gordnn's original work, Through the Valley of the Kwai. I read the original 3o years ago and became a disciple of Jesus Christ as a result. No other work better illustrates how the love of God affects man than this work.