In the Presence of Mine Enemies: 1965-1973 - A Prisoner of War

In the Presence of Mine Enemies: 1965-1973 - A Prisoner of War is a memoir by American pilot Howard E. Rutledge, co-written with his wife, of his time in a Vietnamese POW camp during the Vietnam War. When it was published it was the first book-length firsthand treatment of the experiences of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. It was made into a documentary in the same year. After the war Rutledge was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. He died of cancer in 1984.