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Author:
Lautz, Terry E., author.
Title:
John Birch : a life / Terry Lautz.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
317 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Birch, John,--1918-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.
Spies--United States--Biography.
Missionaries--China--Biography.
Missionaries--United States--Biography.
Baptists--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Saving souls -- Missionary to China -- Evangelizing the world -- Old-time religion -- Heresy hunters -- Waging war -- After Pearl Harbor -- Becoming a soldier -- Searching for love -- The China theater -- Encountering communists -- The death of John Birch -- Confrontation and cooperation -- The aftermath -- Making a martyr -- Grief and anger -- The first casualty -- The John Birch society -- Right-wing extremism -- The real John Birch -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
0190262893
9780190262891 (hardcover)
LCCN:
2015032656
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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