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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460721903321

Autore

Lautz Terry E.

Titolo

John Birch : a life / / Terry Lautz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-19-026291-5

0-19-026290-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/8673092

B

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - United States

Spies - United States

Missionaries - China

Missionaries - United States

Baptists - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.