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Title: Five Years to Freedom : The True Story of a Vietnam POW by James N. Rowe ISBN: 0-345-31460-3 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1984 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing Book Amazing Story
Comment: As I read this book I put myself in the time frame of the story. Col. Rowes captivity begans the first semester of my senior year in high school and concludes when I am about to start the final semester of my senior year in college. During that period of time, 62 months, Col. Rowe at that time still a Lieutenant is a captive of the North Vietnamese and is harshly treated but lives to tell his story. In many instances I found myself trying to understand how this man could endure so much and I found myself experiencing great dissapointment after great dissapointment as his quest for freedom becomes overly prolonged.
The book is humbly written and makes for excellent reading especially for the "Jane Fonda's" of the world who would question the resolve and sacrifices made by Veterans of the Viet Nam era.
Rating: 5
Summary: Truly magnificent human being
Comment: James Rowe represents exactly what it means to be an American. He battled with disease, starvation, and the most inhuman abuse that can be imagined, yet he remembered the cause he was fighting for even when it appeared his own nation had turned its back on that cause. James Rowe witnessed first hand the effects of communism on a nation and its people. For him, the enemy was well defined. We were fighting those who attemted to deprive people of human rights and basic freedoms that Americans back home were taking for granted.
Before I read his book, I didn't have a grasp on what it meant to be free. I know now that we as Americans must stand up for the freedoms afforded us by our constitution. We can't allow the corruption of government. Some may say that there is nothing worth fighting for but they would certainly change there ideas if they had gone through what James Rowe went through. There are things that are things worth fighting for. James Rowe understood this and never strayed from his beliefs even through years of attempted indoctrination.
When reading his detailed accounts of the suffering inflicted on him by his captors, tears came to my eyes many times. It was inspiring at the same time to see the strength of the human spirit carry him through times of trial. And through it all, he remained true to himself and his country. He deserves all of our gratitude. I recommend this book to every American. Let's not choose the synical or pessimistic view of our government. Let's protect it!
Rating: 5
Summary: An Inspiration To Any And All
Comment: I read "Five Years to Freedom" out of sheer curiousity; I'd come across the title while browsing, and it appeared to be one of the more highly-acclaimed works of the Vietnam era.
I was totally blown away.
Nick Rowe is a once-in-a-lifetime pillar of courage. I tried to imagine myself going through everything he did and still retaining the will to survive. That's when this book really and truly, and very suddenly, became indispensibly valuable to me. Here's how (and why):
We've all been faced with challenges in our lives, both large and small. Sometimes we take on those challenges, and sometimes (for whatever reason) we choose not to. If I compare the day-to-day challenges that I face in life, along with the occasional out-of-the-ordinary bump in the road, nothing at all seems insurmountable. How can one possibly NOT have the strength and courage to fight on in ANY sitation having learned of the five-year stretch of anguish, frustration, pain and abuse that Rowe was subjected to and survived?
No comparison. We too often take for granted what we have in our daily lives, believing that that's the way it always is, always has been, and always should be for everybody. Clean water, ample food, living conditions, etc. True, this was war, but Nick Rowe had a choice: he could have quit, or he could have chosen to survive. Through his strong will and demeanor (much stronger than that of his captors), he won - and won big. There's a much bigger lesson to be learned here - think about it.........
I thought of passing this book on to someone else to read - and then decided that it must remain a permanent part of my collection, surely to be read over and over again. What an absolute, total, consummate hero this man was.
'Nuff said.............
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Title: Why Didn't You Get Me Out? : A POW's Nightmare in Vietnam by Frank Anton ISBN: 0312974884 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: In the Company of Heroes: A True Story by Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov, Mark Bowden ISBN: 0399150609 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 08 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam by Ernest C. Brace ISBN: 1555716237 Publisher: Hellgate Press Pub. Date: 25 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War by Tom Philpott, John S. McCain ISBN: 0393020126 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Code-Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War by George J. Veith, George J. Veith ISBN: 0440226503 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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