f6d3264842 5 Jul 2010 ... This gritty, well-sourced account of WWI offers a compelling and often horrific look at the conflict. Freedman (Washington at Valley Forge) hooks .... 2 Jan 2016 ... Nonfiction master Russell Freedman illuminates for young readers the complex and rarely discussed subject of World War I.. 8 May 2011 ... Adam Hochschild opens and closes his history of the first world war with a couple of questions. The first asks "Why does it bring a lump to the .... Based on the book by Ernest Gordon, "To End All Wars" is the story about captured Allied POW's struggle to survive in a Thailand concentration camp. The story is told through Ernest Gordon's (Ciaran McMenamin) eyes but there are many character arcs to be told in this docudrama.. 3 May 2011 ... NPR coverage of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, ... Book Summary ... Tracing The Divides In The War 'To End All Wars' .... Russell Freedman has set the standard for fine history writing for many years, and this new volume lives up to his own high standards. A master prose stylist.. Our Reading Guide for To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild includes Book Club Discussion Questions, Book Reviews, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio.. 1 Feb 2011 ... From historian Hochschild (Bury the Chains: The First International Human Rights Movement, 2005, etc.), a selective history of the slaughter of .... A true story about four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World War II while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. ... Based on the true story of Ernest Gordon. ... Still a violent escape attempt is made, not without punishment .... Japanese soldiers capture Allied troops and force them to construct a railroad through the jungle.. To end all wars [electronic resource (EPUB eBook)] : a story of loyalty and ... Summary. World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage .... 15 Jun 2004 ... To End All Wars - During WWII, a Japanese P.O.W. camp becomes the battleground for the souls as well as the lives of its Allied prisoners.. 1 Jan 2002 ... To End All Wars doesn't require much sifting or digging—the worldview is front and center, displayed in the way he fashions his characters and .... 3 Jul 2011 ... We think of Europe in 1914 as a continent all too eager for war — volunteers jamming recruiting offices, festooned soldiers joyfully marching to .... 6 Dec 2002 ... Summary: A true story about four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment at the hands of their Japanese captors during World War II while .... 18 Jun 2002 ... To End All Wars. Captured Allied troops' forced-labor construction of a railroad through Thailand and Burma inspired David Lean's screen .... Cover image for To end all wars : a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914. Title: To end all ... World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain. ... Summary .... Summary: TO END ALL WARS is the true story of four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World War II. Despite minor script weakness and excessive foul language, the movie winningly portrays brilliant Christian truths.. To End All Wars is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and was directed by David L. Cunningham.. 13 May 2011 ... He stays loyal to this method in “To End All Wars,” concentrating on the appalling losses suffered by the rank and file and the extraordinary ...
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