[11th Earl of Mar]

Outside of the Bible, it was "Witness" by Whitaker Chambers, who gave up life as a communist spy in the United States to become a Christian.

Chambers was the one who testified before then-Congressman Richard Nixon that Alger Hiss, FDR's man at the State Department, was a communist spy for Russia. One of Ronald Reagan's first acts as president, was to present Chambers' son with a belated Medal of Honor [Medal of Freedom?] for the testimony that helped uncover communist infiltration of high levels of the U.S. government.

[CarolAnn]

"Witness" by Whitaker Chambers

A good book indeed!

For me it was probably The Bible.

[Guillam]

Interesting. As an adolescent I wasn't exactly a Red but I was a little pink around the edges. 'Witness' was the book that turned the light on in my dim puberty stricken mind.

And I would have bet the farm I was the only one.

Not quite the same thing; but has anyone who's read it thought about LeCarre's 'The Little Drummer Girl' and its insight on the present Middle East situation? Fiction, but a great read.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

I am with you - the Bible and "Witness".

Also, "How Should We Then Live" by Dr. Francis Schaeffer.