There are books that are vital for every person to meet. This book is just that. Its author formulated the main theme of his research: "I devoted all my research to "extreme situations" - situations of incredible violence against bodies and minds...." Influenced by Eric Erickson's concept of egoidentical formation and first published in 1961, this book is an analysis of the experiences of fifteen Chinese citizens and twenty-five Western citizens who were brainwashed by the Communist Chinese government.