Study Guide for Use With Introduction to Accounting: An Integrated Approach : Chapters 14-25

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Penne Ainsworth , Dan Deines , R. David Plumlee , Cathy Xanthaky Larson , Debra K. Kerby , and Scott R. Fouch
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Dan Deines, R. David Plumlee, Cathy Xanthaky Larson, Debra K. Kerby, Scott R. Fouch Penne Ainsworth
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Insightful, Eloquent, Practical,...and Convincing

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The Harvard Business Essentials series is designed to provide comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Whether you are a new manager seeking to expand your skills or a seasoned professional looking to broaden your knowledge base, these solution-oriented books put reliable answers at your fingertips. To be effective, managers have to be skilled at acquiring power—and using that power to persuade others to get things done. This guide offers must-know methods for commanding attention, changing minds, and influencing decision-makers up and down the organizational ladder.

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Excellent, very readable.......2007-06-27

Excellent for new & existing managers or anyone else in the corporate world who wants to pitch an idea to an individual or a group. It is an easy read touching on all areas of selling your idea. This even discusses the unethical use of influence.

Insightful, Eloquent, Practical,...and Convincing.......2005-07-09

This is one of the volumes in the new Harvard Business Essentials Series. Each offers authoritative answers to the most important questions concerning its specific subject. The material in this book is drawn from a variety of sources which include the Harvard Business School Press and the Harvard Business Review as well as Harvard ManageMentor®, an online service. I strongly recommend the official Harvard Business Essentials Web site (www.elearning.hbsp.org/businesstools) which offers free interactive versions of tools, checklists, and worksheets cited in this book and other books in the Essentials series. Each volume is indeed "a highly practical resource for readers with all levels of experience." And each is by intent and in execution solution-oriented. Although I think those who have only recently embarked on a business career will derive the greatest benefit, the material is well-worth a periodic review by senior-level executives.

Credit Richard Luecke with pulling together a wealth of information and counsel from various sources. He is also the author of several other books in the Essentials series. In this instance, he was assisted by a subject advisor, Kathleen K. Reardon, a professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, who is a leading authority on persuasion, negotiation, and workplace politics.

Together, they have carefully organized the material as follows. First, they explain why power is necessary in organizations "even though our society distrusts power and those who seek it." Next, they examine the sources of power. Then they explain why power is realized only through some form of expression. In Chapter 4, they examine influence in sharper focus, illustrating three specific tactics which any manager can use. Then in the next two chapters, Luecke and Reardon shift their attention to the concept of persuasion. They identify the four elements of persuasion and discuss how various audiences and people with diverse decision-making styles are receptive ("susceptible") to different forms of persuasion. Then in Chapter 6, they explain how to appeal both to the mind (with logic and/or evidence) and the to heart (by anchoring the given proposition in a human context). Hence the importance of compelling details, vivid images, similes, metaphors, analogies, and especially stories achieve resonance with an audience.

In Chapter 7, Luecke and Reardon provide some excellent suggestions to increase and enhance the impact of a formal presentation. "It suggests a presentation structure and a number of rhetorical devices perfected by the ancient Greeks. It also explains the various learning styles used by people and explains the importance of adapting each formal presentation to the needs, interests, and temperament of the given audience.

I also appreciate the three appendices provided. "In Leading When You're Not the Boss," Luecke and Reardon offer useful tips on how to be productive and effective in situations in which (usually lower-level managers) are expected to lead but have no formal power or authority to do so. Appendix B includes two forms by which to assess an audience and to assess one's own ability to persuade others. (Please check out Figures B-1 and B-2 on pages 135-139.) In the the third appendix, Luecke and Reardon offer seven "Rules" to follow when preparing visuals for presentations which will have maximum impact.

Those who share my high regard for this volume are urged to check out Robert B. Miller and Gary A. Williams' The 5 Paths to Persuasion and Annette Simmons' The Story Factor as well as Doug Lipman's Improving Your Storytelling (he wrote the Foreword to The Story Factor), Stephen Denning's The Leader's Guide to Storytelling, and Storytelling in Organizations co-authored by John Seely Brown, Denning, Katarina Groh, and Laurence Prusak.

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Power, influence, and persuasion are not only key ingredients for success in the HR field; they are also skills that can be learned

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Excellent book.......2004-02-13

Purchased this book after months of my son suffering from constant ear infections even with anti-biotics and two ear tube surgeries. This book shares with us a much different approach to treating this problem then our pediatricians do. I was shocked to read the information and studies about alternative treatments vs. traditional treatments and feel like this book is the key to those parents who are going through what I have been. Your pediatricians will not share with you the research this book reveals. I wish I would have found this book sooner.

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This book tackles many of the tough questions involved with the onging debate concerning the question of origins. It addresses the issues from both a scientific and a biblical view. Some of the questions addressed are:

Creation or evolution: which one do the facts fit best?

What are the "9 great proof categories" for evolution, and why are they all false.

How could humans have lived to be 900 years old?

How does the complexity of the universe prove that evolution is impossible?

What is the correct Christian perspective on environmentalism?

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Great Book and simple to understand.......2006-08-20

Awesome book that brings the evidence to light in a simple way. Most people I beleive will come away with a better understanding that evolution has a lot of questions to answer. If you're not sure what to beleive, evolution or creation, this book you have to read. Then draw your own conclusions.

As far as the author's education. He has a degree from the University of Tenn (GO Vols!!!), Masters is from State University Of NY, so besides what the other reveiwers may say, Mr. McMurtry has a quality education.

Rubbish.......2006-05-15

I heard this gentleman do a presentation which was filled with a plethora of logical fallacies, sheer nonsense, and laughable logic. This book merely dumbs down dumb ideas to something a kindergartener would find ridiculous. Evolution does not preclude a belief in God, and "Dr." McMurtry (if you research, he received his "Doctorate of Divinity"--usually an honorary degree--from an unaccredited Bible College) seems to want everyone to believe that you are either a Bible-fearing believer or an atheist. A typical either/or fallacy and pure rubbish. Don't waste your time with this pseudo-scientific hack.

An Authority That Cannot Be Ignored.......2001-06-28

Dr. McMurtry has written an excellent book. First, it is easy to read and understand, but it delivers a knock-out punch to evolutionary theory. This is because Dr. McMurtry was an evolutionist for many years and this background has given him a unique approach to writing about the controversy between creation science and evolution. Second, this book covers a wide range of topics. It handles everything from the flood to dinosaurs to geochronometers (young earth theory) to carbon 14 dating in specific detail.

Finally, it is very obvious that this author has a thorough command of his subject, therefore, giving his writing an authority that cannot be ignored.

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Creation: Our World View
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Dr. Grady S. McMurtry
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Written in Father Tim Kavanagh's own hand, this wonderful collection of quotes brings to life the personal reflections of Mitford's beloved Episcopal priest. Here Father Tim has carefully recorded his favorite quotes from a variety of thinkers, philosophers, and poets whom he has admired over the years. Next to the quotes are Father Tim's personal comments, scribblings, and doodlings. From C. S. Lewis and Mark Twain to Aristophanes and St. Paul, these heartwarming words on love, life, and faith are a perfect addition to the Mitford series-and a must-have for Jan Karon's millions of readers.

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Very Enjoyable.......2006-11-03

This is a great book and I enjoyed reading all of father Tim's sayings. It just makes the Mitford series seem more real. Highly recommend. Great fun reading with a seriousness to it.

Patches of Godlight.......2006-06-13

Dear Father Tim,
Millions of readers admire your wisdom and only wish we could make an appointment to discuss our issues. Love your quotes and find myself repeating them when I need inspiration. Love ya',
Charlene Mikkelsen, author of Wild Flowers Are Forever

Excellent Collection of Quotes.......2006-01-09

I've never read the first word of any of Jan Karon's books (which says nothing of her abilities.) I just happened to pick up this book at the "new book" section of the local library, took it home and was enthralled with the collection of quotes from various authors. And that's all the book is--quotes. But, I was so impressed with the book that I bought a copy for myself to keep and have lent it out to others.

If you want an excellent book to "jog" your spirituality or for meditation, this is a very good place to start. It is obvious that Karon has picked some of the cream of christian quotes. The book lends itself to skipping around or just read it page after page, which lends to the fun of the book.

Very enjoyable and thought provoking.

Spiritual Delight.......2005-07-21

Anyone who is a fan of Father Tim and his Chrisitian insights and appreciates the wisdom of others that he finds in his life, will appreciate Jan Karon's clever presentation in this book. Pretty enough for your table, whether coffe or bedside, this little book is a jewel. One really feels that you have something of Father Tim's own journal, and you share some private and special insight into the thoughts of Mitford's best-loved shepherd of souls. From the first flyleaf where Father Tim writes his name, through the post-it notes and asides written in the margins, this is uplifting reading whenever the need for a great thought arises. Adding to the uniqueness of the volume are several blank pages at the end to which the reader can add personal quotes and insights. All of the the publishing information is placed at the end of the journal also. The volume makes a great gift for special friends that share your life and the love of the Mitford series.

Better than bartletts quotations!.......2005-04-07

I'm often looking for a quote to include in a toast, a note or even an invitation... I've checked out the standard quotation books and they are stilted in their organization and even when there's a fairly straightforward subject (babies, for a congratulatory note, for example) the quotations are mundane and uninspiring. This book is different.
It collects thoughts on things like reading, life, letter writing, love, service, death and lots on prayer and God. You'll be surprised how often you reach for it when writing! Plus it's a great read.

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Tells it like it is

An abundance of errors spoil a potential good read.

a MUST READ for every American!

hard hitting analysis of boxing and daily life as we know it

This is far more than a book about boxing.

Let's Get It On: Tough Talk from Boxing's Top Ref and Nevada's Most Outspoken Judge
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"My only hobby," writes Nevada District Court judge Lane in his usual no-nonsense, straight-ahead style, "is refereeing professional prizefights." Right. And Mark McGwire likes to hit home runs. One of the most ubiquitously recognizable faces in the sweet science, "Maximum Mills" (don't dare show up in his courtroom if you're guilty) has been refereeing fights--nearly 100 of them title contests, including the infamous disqualification of Mike Tyson for biting the ear of Evander Holyfield--for more than three decades, handling them the way he handles business from the bench: with unquestioned gavel-to-gavel authority. In a folksy, anecdote-filled memoir that pulls no punches, he introduces you to his particular corner of the sporting universe, separating boxing fact from fiction as if they were a pair of heavyweights in the clinches. He can be as brutal as an unseen uppercut: he constantly nails Don King for behavior worse than his hair, and is especially tough on Tyson's pleas that he's been taken advantage of, abused, humiliated and betrayed all his life. "That's the sort of self-pitying crap I hear far too often in court," Lane counters, "where the accused hides behind artificial excuses and refuses to stand up like a man." There is no room for political correctness in his universe; with Lane, if you don't stand up by the count of 10 you're out, which makes him both fascinating and exasperating, a man resolute enough to live his life in black and white, while most of the rest of us just try to shadow box through the shades of gray. --Jeff Silverman

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I'm a fighter--a man who's reached his goals by continually hammering away while refusing to either back off or quit; a country boy, long on Marine Corps values, who wears his heart on his sleeve.
        So, let's get it on . . .

With his distinctive bald head, bow tie, and signature phrase, "Let's get it on!" Mills Lane is the most
colorful and best-known referee in professional boxing. With almost a hundred world championship fights under his belt, he has a reputation for being one of the sharpest, most honorable refs in the business, a reputation confirmed internationally on June 28, 1997, when he disqualified Mike Tyson for twice biting Evander Holyfield's ears during what became the most bizarre championship fight in history.

Now, in Let's Get It On, Mills Lane provides a ringside seat for anyone who wants an intimate look into the outrageous personalities and often scandalous behavior that has defined the "sweet science" since he started refereeing.  Former Marine, ex-professional boxer, and lifelong boxing fan, Lane is also a mediator beyond the boxing ring--he has been a Nevada district court judge nicknamed "Maximum Mills" for his stiff penalties and will be the arbiter of justice on his own syndicated TV show.

No one is granted clemency from Judge Lane's razor-sharp insights and provocative opinions in this refreshing book, which takes on the greedy promoters, lazy fighters, and corrupt practices of boxing. Lane exposes the insanity at the heart of the boxing business: the artificially created rankings, the confusing number of sanctioning bodies, and the flesh merchants who take advantage of their fighters.

Mills Lane has been at the center of the good, the bad, and the ugly of boxing for three decades, including the Tyson-Holyfield debacle; the Oliver McCall--Lennox Lewis fight when former champ McCall dissolved into tears; and the Henry Akinwande--Lewis bout where Lane disqualified Akinwande for refusing to fight. But for every Mike Tyson or Riddick Bowe who never maximized his potential because he wouldn't pay the price, there is also an Evander Holyfield or Sugar Ray Leonard or Marvin Hagler or Alexis Arguello or Eddie Futch, the shining lights who show that there are important values to be learned from boxing: courage, honesty, integrity, responsibility, persistence, and loyalty, qualities we all need to live a good and righteous life.

This gutsy, sharp-tongued man of justice wants to save the profession he loves and reclaim a society that lacks the moral fiber to raise responsible citizens by sharing the code of conduct instilled in him by the Marine Corps and his boxing teachers and honed by a career in the law: Make no excuses. Never be afraid to say what you think. Cherish your fellow human beings. Strive to be honest. Important lessons from a country boy who wears his heart--and his integrity--on his sleeve.

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Tells it like it is.......2004-07-13

On page 216, Mills Lane says of his wife, "She knew that I am consumed by my job, referee prizefights as a hobby, and am hardheaded and highly opinionated." Is he ever! And that is what makes this book so refreshing. Here is a man who says we are all responsible for our own actions. Imagine that. Judge Mills Lane and writer Jedwin Smith have combined their experience and talents to give us a glimpse of a human being we see all too rarely: a man of great honor. By the time you finish this book, you will know who puts the grit in integrity.

An abundance of errors spoil a potential good read........1999-09-29

Here's a quick review of Mills Lane's new book "Let's Get It On":

(Let me cut right to the chase and point out the abundant inaccuracies that I ran across.)

1-(page 29)- Lane credits Oliver McCall with a First round KO of Lennox Lewis. It was the 2nd round.

2-(page 97)- Lane states that Bobby Chacon became the Super Flyweight Champ with a 15 round decision over Bazooka Limon. That was Super Featherweight/Jr. Lightweight.

3-(page 99)- Lane states that the second Livingstone Bramble-Ray Mancini fight was for the Welterweight title. It was the Lightweight title.

4-(page 101)- Lane states that Iran Barkley "TWICE knocked Thomas Hearns unconscious". Barkley Ko'd Hearns in the first fight, he decisioned him in the second. It should be noted that Barkley did knock Tommy down in the second fight though.

5-(page 122)- Lane states that the common opponent between Erbito Salavarria and Betulio Gonzales was San Sacristan. It was not. It was Natalio Jimenez. (No, I did not know that one off the top of my head. But guess what? I looked it up. Novel idea.)

6-(page 172)- Lane states that Octavio Meyran held his ground and his integrity, in the Douglas-Tyson fight, by (Meyran) insisting that he did nothing wrong with regards to the bogus "Long Count" in the 8th round, in which Douglas hit the canvas from a Tyson uppercut. In fact, in a press conference right after a meeting involving Don King and the heads from the WBC & WBA (Suliaman and Mendoza), Meyran said the following: "I don't know why I start my count and make my mistake. Yes, he (Douglas) was down longer than 10 seconds". This followed a comment by Don King stating that the "first knockout obliterates the second one". After that comment King turned directly to Meyran, who then showed the world he had no backbone. Note: Before this "meeting", Meyran defended his actions. After the meeting, it was a different story.

7-(page 179)- Lane states that Chavez retained his Jr. Welterweight title after his controversial Draw with Pernell Whitaker. The fight was for Whitaker's Welterweight title.

8-(page 182)- Lane refers to Matt Fleischer, as opposed to Nat Fleischer. Come on now.

9-(page 189)- In a fight that Lane refereed, he states that Gerry Cooney was knocked down by Larry Holmes in the "third or fourth round". It was the Second round.

10-(page 246)- In another fight that Lane refereed, he states that "Donald Curry hit Milton McCrory with a tremendous right hand early in the third round and McCrory went down". He goes on to state that Milton was kayoed with another right hand, after he got up. Curry kayoed McCrory in the Second round. And the first knockdown was with a Left Hook.

11-(picture between 118 & 119)- Lane states Mike Tyson retained his WBC title against Trevor Berbick. Tyson Won the title from Berbick.

12-(picture between 118 & 119)- Lane states that: "Once he was released from prison, heavyweight contender Mike Tyson had all he could handle from Razor Ruddock,winning a 12-round decision on June 28, 1991. Tyson faced Ruddock BEFORE he went to prison.

Lane is brutally honest and the book reads like a friendly conversation that you might have with him over a beer and a stogie. He tells it like it is and I find it refreshing to read a book when I know that no punches are being pulled. But Jesus! The inaccuracies fly off the pages like crazy. And I'll guarantee that I didn't even catch all of them.

I respect Mills and think he is one of the best refs in the business. And I was eagerly anticipating his book. But if I read something that I am familiar with and find the information to be inaccurate, when I read something new, how am I to know if what is said it is true or not?

As you can probably guess, I am a stickler for detail. The correct information for the "flubs" that I listed, is easily accessible. And the fact that this book was written by a former D.A. and Judge, professions where detail is a critical part of the job, makes these inaccuracies even more infuriating. I find the laziness as it pertains to this book, totally inexcusable. What could have been a very good read, turned out to be very disappointing.

If it sounds like I'm being too harsh, well, I'm merely echoing the tone of Mills' book. I'm sure he'd find the seemingly half-assed approach to the research done in this book as annoying as I did. I'm just here to point it out to him. He'd do the same to us.

a MUST READ for every American!.......1999-09-04

Mr. Lane put everything in perspective with his down to Earth angle on life. He lives by what he learned from boxing and the marines. It's an inspiring book and a real kick in the butt! It's a pep talk on life and inside look at the world of boxing. Thank you Mr. Lane.

hard hitting analysis of boxing and daily life as we know it.......1998-11-17

an excellent book from a man whose had a vantage point few in life ever have. what's the saying..."all the worlds a stage." just a phenomenal book. i could not put it down. i read nearly 80 pages at the book store and before i knew it i had been there nearly 1 hour.

This is far more than a book about boxing........1998-09-05

I was greatly surprised and pleased by what an engaging and interesting book this is. Mills Lane is not just a boxing referee, but a judge in Nevada and a former professional boxer. He is also one of the most outspoken, to-the-point people I've encountered in print or real life in some time. He talks not only about major fights he's officiated, but also about his philosophy, his time in the Marine Corps, his view of being a judge, boxing generally, and his own boxing experiences. This is also something of a "personal motivation/inspiration" book. This is boxing through the eyes of a very insightful, interesting man.

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This family saga follows the Dugger family through 200 years. It is a story of a family's search for a better life and how that search contributed to the building of a new nation. The country's struggles in turn had a profound affect on this ordinary family. The story starts in Virginia shortly after the first English settlement and follows one branch of the family as they move to frontier Tennessee and Arkansas. Historically and genealogically accurate, the book attempts to bring the family to life and tell their story with understanding, hope and compassion. The family's complex relationships and the affect events in the broader world had on those relationships and lives form the canvas on which the story of this American family is painted.

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Fascinating case for the prosecution, but how much is Freud?.......2004-04-20

This book reads not so much like a psychoanalysis as like a settling of scores. Freud, as an Austrian, felt betrayed by Wilson's retreat from his Fourteen Points at Versailles; Bullitt, later Ambassador to Russia and instrumental in rescuing Freud from Vienna at the start of Nazi rule there, was a minor member of the American delegation to Versailles and resigned scandalously from it when Wilson ignored diplomatic overtures from Lenin. Their disappointment in Wilson spills over into unforgiving near-hatred, yet the book is well-argued and clearly-written enough to be well worth reading.

The book opens with a profile of Wilson's childhood, his hero-worshipping relationship with his father, and his much more uncertain relationship with the younger brother who was born when Wilson was 10. The authors repeatedly state that Wilson was "ugly": well, ugly is as ugly does, and it's not clear that this was a major issue for Wilson himself, although he was somewhat sensitive about his appearance. This is followed by a somewhat eccentric explanation of basic Freudian tenets. I'm not very familiar with Freudianism, but the strangely hydraulic talk about five outlets for the libido sounded very odd. However, it can be accepted as explaining the governing terms of the analysis to follow, rather than necessarily as a scientific description.

Wilson had a habit of making extremely close friends -- Hibben at Princeton, House and (to a lesser extent) Tumulty in politics -- and then irrevocably breaking with them following differences in policy. (Cary Grayson, Wilson's doctor for the last twelve years of his life, tells a heartbreaking story of a misunderstanding when Wilson returned to Princeton on a visit, that led to Hibben, face glowing, standing in front of Wilson saying "I believe you sent for me?", only to have Wilson, expressionless, say, "No, no, you are mistaken" and turn away). Freud and Bullitt expend a lot of words studying how these close friendships turned to complete breaks. They explain it as Wilson recreating with these younger men his own relationship with his father, the friends playing the role of the young Wilson, and then breaking because Wilson interpreted political disagreements as rejection of his fatherly wisdom. This is a coherent and useful analysis, though not necessarily the whole story. An interesting note is that Freud and Bullitt, in turning against Wilson whom Bullitt at least had formerly admired, are repeating the pattern they find so striking in Wilson.

The description of Wilson's gradual collapse at Versailles and his failure to ensure fair treatment for the defeated central powers is well told. It seems that recent research on the effect of Wilson's health on these negotiations could have deepened the analysis here if it had been available to the authors.

In the description of Wilson's doomed tour of the West in September 1919, trying to sell the Treaty to the public, some compassion finally breaks through. The authors point out just how little the Treaty Wilson described in his speeches had to do with the Treaty that was signed in Versailles; they regard this not as lying but as a psychosis brought on by the unbearable position he was in.

(...)Although unsympathetic overall, this retelling of the story is a useful part of the ongoing discussion about the meaning of Woodrow Wilson's Presidency. It should definitely be read by serious Wilson scholars.

I should read this book more often.......2003-09-23

Sigmund Freud and William C. Bullitt produced a psychological study called THOMAS WOODROW WILSON, but they couldn't call it a psychoanalytical examination because they could not get Wilson, who died in 1924, to submit to the kind of personal investigation that would confirm the factors of his inner life. We all have good reason to fear (it was almost four years ago when I signed a release to allow the Secret Seervice to have a copy of my psychiatric file to see how dangerous I was) what judgments psychiatrists could use to render our souls, and the history of psychiatry shows that politicians are not the first to have reason to complain. THE FREUD/JUNG LETTERS, Edited by William McGuire, allows us to go way back to 18 December 1912, when Jung wrote to Freud, "I would, however, point out that your technique of treating your pupils like patients is a blunder. In that way you produce either slavish sons or impudent puppies" (Freud/Jung, p. 534). Freud was quite capable, however, of treating the whole world like patients, and with the assistance of William C. Bullitt, who had known Wilson and wanted to write about him, had produced a final draft of this book in 1932.

Those were raw times, and the final text was not settled until Freud and Bullitt met in London in 1939. Religion was a major factor in Wilson's early life, and its benefits are considered "well suited to women and to men whose femininity exceeded their masculinity. . . . A more masculine boy than Tommy Wilson would have felt hostility to the `mores' of the family and community in which the Minister's son was reared; but he felt no impulse to revolt. His masculinity was feeble. . . . He was fortunate to have been born in a nation which was protected from reality during the nineteenth century by inherited devotion to the ideals of Wyclif, Calvin and Wesley." (p. 71). Now the geopolitical superpower keeps acting like Americans have finally faced the conflicts of those who "had been brought up in the comparative freedom of European civilization." (p. 71).

After Wilson's father died, this book pictures Wilson as the personification of the modern American attitude: "he assumed his father's throne, became God in his unconscious and began to act with a sense of his own inevitable righteousness." (p. 78). Wilson's major confrontations followed the pattern of a "neurotic who has lodged a considerable portion of his libido in identification with Christ is apt, when faced by battle and harassed by fear, to take refuge in the comforting illusion that he too by submitting will achieve ultimate victory. He fears to fight. Therefore, through his identification with Christ he convinces himself that he does not need to fight, that by submitting he will achieve his aims. And, if he has not a firm grip on reality, he is apt to convince himself after he has submitted that he has in fact won a victory, although in reality he has suffered complete defeat." (p. 78). This seems weird, applied to Wilson, because America won World War I, just like America overthrew the government of Iraq in 2003, just before a different kind of hell was breaking loose.

"In Paris at the Peace Conference he feared the consequences of fighting. He submitted, then declared that he had won a victory and announced that the Treaty of Versailles was indeed the peace of `absolute justice' which he had set out to establish. His identification of himself with Christ was the mental mechanism which enabled him to reach that somewhat fantastic conclusion." (p. 79).

In my own lifetime, "Peace is at hand" in October 1972 was followed by an agreement in January 1973 which barely qualified as a ceasefire for troops who were Vietnamese, and for the U.S. Congress, which was asked to keep sending money to support an ongoing war. The North Vietnamese never did get money from the U.S. to rebuild for the incidental damage that might have been caused by American strikes from 1964 to 1973, and victory, as it was proclaimed for those in the United States, seemed to the peace crowd to be more like a nefarious (possibly still secret) plan to get the Vietnamese sides to keep fighting each other with a minimum amount of American assistance. Nixon, Kissinger, and Ford might not have the same ultimate motivation as Wilson, but we can expect that each faced "the conflict between his femininity and his exalted Super-Ego which demanded that he should be all masculinity. If we are asked why from time to time his symptoms increased to the point of `breakdown,' we can answer only by generalization that his symptoms increased in severity whenever the events of his life produced a sharpening of the fundamental conflict." (p. 81).

America needs the kind of president who can face such fundamental conflicts without such symptoms, but democracy ought to allow people who don't want America to out-German the Germans at their own personal, political, and geopolitical goals to have a say in how such conflicts could be avoided. Clearly, if we don't want to fight, we should stay out of endless wars. Even Wilson's troubles did not end "the day when he was received in Paris as the Saviour of Mankind" (p. 82). By September, 1919, he was making speeches in which he complained, "The formula of Pan-Germanism, you remember, was Bremen to Bagdad -- Bremen on the North Sea to Bagdad in Persia." (p. 286). Pages 288-289 show his praise of "the glory that is going to attach to the memories of that great American Army . . . will be this noble army of Americans who saved the world!" Now we are supporting an American army in Baghdad that is beginning to realize that Persia is Iran, the country next door, which Americans have been kicked out of before.

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Awful Book.......2006-12-14

My criticisms of this book can be divided into three categories:

1) The psychological analysis, though occasionally peaking into moments of sheer briliance, is generally representative of the worst ends of Freud's psychological theories. For Example: When Wilson became deathly ill with worry during the Paris Peace Conference, was it because he was terrified at the magnitude of the task he faced? Because he was conscience-stricken at having deceived the nation before plunging us into war? Because he wanted to make a good impression on Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and the peoples of Europe? No; according to Freud, it's because he possessed a "feminine" character (read: weak and overly-emotional), and thus could not handle a situation which called for "masculine" virtues. Flawed logic like this is riddled throughout the book, and used to explain pivotal moments both in Wilson's personal life and in our nation's history. Subjects such as his adoration for his father, the Reverend Joseph Ruggles Wilson, his early academic difficulties, the brilliance that came behind the writing of "Congressional Government", his ongoing feud with Princeton sacred cow Andrew West, his progressivism both as Governor of New Jersey and President of the United States, his two marriages, his handling of our nation's foreign policy during the World War One era... all of these matters are explained using faulty Freudian logic that does not hold up to the light of scrutiny, and virtually all of their conclusions paint Wilson in the most disparaging light possible.

2) The writers of this book make no bones about their distinct anti-Wilson bias. In his very introduction, Freud discusses how much he loathed President Wilson, before trying to assure us that this would not impact his perspective; William Bullitt, though more coy about his actual feelings, was known to be a great admirer of Wilson up until 1919, when his disapproval of Wilson's decisions at the Paris conference caused him to famously give a red rose to all those who were willing to openly condemn their President, and a yellow rose of cowardice to anyone who dared agree with him. Since then, Bullitt became notorious as a particularly noxious anti-Wilson speaker, even succumbing to paranoid spells (such as believing that government agents were tape recording his conversations through the radiator). I am fully aware that there are those who argue that objectivity is impossible, and on most occasions I am inclined to agree with them; but an author should at least try to give his subject a fair break, especially when composing a work that is ostensibly supposed to serve as an academic analysis, rather than a bloated op-ed piece.

3) This may seem like a minor point, but it seriously irked me - Freud and Bullitt openly admitted that one of the main reasons behind their decision to wait so long before publishing their book is that they didn't want to upset any of Wilson's close friends or family members. Could I buy this? Yes... if they were releasing hard data pertaining to scandal in the life of Woodrow Wilson. However, the book makes countless negative assertions about Wilson that are not supported by any verifiable sources (they don't name names), and it is interesting to note how the only people who would have been qualified to dispute their claims from first-hand experience are the ones who had died just before the book was released. This, to me, is nothing short of contemptible cowardice; they are the equivalent of a bully who waits until their subject and his supporters have left the room, locks the door, and then proceeds to slander them.

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