George examines seven cases--from Pearl Harbor to the Persian Gulf--in which the United States has used coercive diplomacy in the past half-century.

In an age when managers can no longer rely on formal power, persuading people is more important than ever. Persuasion is a process of learning from colleagues a

Challenges the traditional thinking that rhetoric is primarily utilitarian by demonstrating how Derrida's philosophy prioritizes ethical imperatives even as one

"As Robert Art makes clear in a groundbreaking conclusion, those results have been mixed at best. Art dissects the uneven performance of coercive diplomacy and

If you read nothing else on persuasion or influence, read this definitive book and it may change your life. How many times do we ask ourselves: what is behind a