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Title: A Mike Hammer Book for Getting What You Want...
Review: ...and watch out for those side effects. First of all, this book is not what it claims. Assertiveness Training is not used here as it is in behavior therapy. The father of behavior therapy is/was Joseph Wolpe. To Wolpe, relaxation inhibits fear. Anger and intimacy inhibit social fear. But Wolpe stated that these books were not operating within this framework. Assertiveness training, according to Wolpe, was based on anger and intimacy in order to inhibit social anxiety. Not a textbook on manipulation and aggression. The only Assertiveness training book that Wolpe approved of and liked was "Your Perfect Right" by Alberti and Emmons (yes, you can order a copy from Amazon.com). Alberti and Emmons also condemned this book for being highly manipulative. And it is!
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