The biography of a young American who was brutally murdered by the Chinese Communists in 1945, ten days after then end of World War II. John Birch has been called the first casualty of World War III. "With his death and in his death the battle lines were drawn, in a struggle from which either communism or Christian-style civilization must emerge with one completely triumphant, the other completely destroyed."
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John Birch was a Baptist missionary in a remote province of China, when, through a series of extraordinary coincidences, he helped Colonel James Doolittle and several of his downed fliers to safety. He was subsequently inducted into the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer under Gen. Chennault, and served for slightly over three years of our war with Japan. His remarkable feats of personal courage and leadership helped immeasurably to bring about victory in China. Ten days following the end of the war, while on a peaceful mission for the Army, he was brutally killed by Chinese Communists.
Why, asks Robert Welch, was so heroic, brilliant and dedicated a patriot so completely unknown in America? And what was the significance of his life - and death? The story of John Birch was carefully kept from the American people by the Communist sympathizers in our government at that time. Around the character and deeds of John Birch the author has woven some of the history, and more of the basic principles, involved in our continuing fight against the Communist conspiracy. In the life story of one American boy, he has presented the ordeal of our era.
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This is a great biog of Mr. Birch, as a long time member of the society I read the book years ago, this will be a copy I can give or loan to a prospective member...or just someone curious about the Society.
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Inspiring story of John Birch,
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This is one of the most inspiring stories I have ever read...A young man with so much integrity and so much purpose to his life, was taken out of this life way too early for human thinking to understand....A very candid view of how America let so many countries fall under the thumb of Communism and never allowed the public to know about this wonderful young Christian man who gave his life for his country and his faith...
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A life-changing, inspring book!,
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The account of John Birch's life is a great testimony of God's power today and how God can use individuals to accomplish His will. John Birch was a Baptist from Georgia and he was killed by Communists in China where he worked for the US Army and also started missionary work. John Birch is a great role model for a Christian, and for all those who desire integrity, character, strength and honor in a man's life. In fact, this book has led me to join a Baptist church in Tennessee since John Birch was strong for the Lord and he was a good Baptist. It is so revealing and amazing to read the letters he wrote shortly before his sacrificial death. This book is heartily recommended. The only flaw about the book is that the author seems not to be a faithful Christian because he expresses belief in evolution and does not focus on John Birch's life of faith, and his relationship to the Lord's church. But the words and actions of the missionary John Birch speak louder than the author's opinions and views.
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