IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES ~ JOHN CLIFFORD ~ SIGNED THE INSPIRING STORY OF ONE AMERICAN’S VICTORY OVER HIS RED CHINESE CAPTORS BY JOHN W. CLIFFORD INSIDE PAGE READS THIS IS NOT A PIRATED BOOK It is published by special arrangement with the U.S. publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc 55 Fifth Avenue New York 3, N.Y. FOR SALE IN TAIWAN ONLY Copyright in the USA 1963 By John Clifford Copyright in the Republic of China By John Clifford Tien Educational Center Lane 202, Section 3 Roosevelt Road, Taipei Ministry of the Interior License Number 1104 May 30, 1963 On June 15, 1953 at 11:30 P.M. in Shanghai the Chinese arrested an American Jesuit, Father John Clifford. He was not told the charge against him. For the next three years he waged a private war against the most rigid and subtle physical and psychological tortures. Then in 1956, Father Clifford literally was thrown out of jail by his enraged and frustrated captors, not having surrendered a confession or a single fragment of his integrity. This is a story which, Father Clifford says,” I had to write – as an American. For many years I have been disturbed by the impact of the communist psychological warfare on the United States…. I learned how the communists can be defeated at their own game…. CONTENTS PART ONE SHANGHAI AT THE START OF THE KOREAN WAR SHANGHAI NIGHTMARE BRAINWASHING AS A SCIENCE PART TWO DELIBERATE DE-HUMANIZING INTIMIDATION AND FORCE ENTRAPMENT THROUGH MINUTE DETAIL CELL-SIDE ATTEMPT AT INDOCTRINATION THE PHONY FAÇADE SWEET AND SOUR IMPORTANCE OF CONFESSIONS TOTAL VICTORY IS POSSIBLE This book is in good condition, there is slight wear to the cover the Dustjacket is held on book by protective plastic sleeve (there is a slight tear in the plastic cover (please see picture).. The binding is tight and there are no marks or tears in the book. The book measures 8 ½ by 6 inches with 239 pages