After Ashcroft Author:Chuck Dean Ashcroft was not just a place in Central British Columbia-it was a mindset, a refuge, and the testament of a family on a precarious journey during turbulent times in America. When Higgins got to Ashcroft life changed and instead of running from the CIA agent dispatched to fi nd him, he now turned into the teeth of the monster that pursued hi... more »m. The monster, he once lived to protect and fi ght for, was now the only enemy he had left. And the crawling sensation across his skull got more intense each time he tried to fi ght the system that wouldn't let him go... During the Vietnam War more than 50,000 draft-age Americans fl ed to Canada. It was the largest political exodus from the United States since the American Revolution. Crey Higgins was not a draft-dodger-he was regular Army and had served his tour of duty in Vietnam. A good soldier, with an excellent record, he went on the run and over the border for very different reasons... "After Ashcroft" is more than a compelling witness to the trials of many Americans that did more than fi ght in, or protest against, the Vietnam War. It's a journey into the dark world of mind-control, behavior modifi cation, and surreptitious training of assassins by certain security agencies within the U.S. government. It may be too unbelievable-that's why it's called fi ction.« less