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Gavin De Becker: Gift of Fear 4 stars

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence is a nonfiction self-help …

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1 star

This book may contain the highest internal contradiction set, the largest concentration of logical fallacy, and the greatest use of strategies of influence it decries of any book I've read.

Hugest example: We - "Force teaming," Considered bad. Proceeds to use force teaming pretty much non-stop.

Does a fantastic job of creating fear. Fails at citation. Does an excellent job of self advertizement. Fails at ethics.

Presumes men are evil, guns are evil, and women are victims. Presumes that to know a thing, a reader must take the word of the author - That, "If you think about it, X."

In all, an excellent example of how this gentleman, as an advisory on security issues, promoted fear to the nth degree.

Domestic violence chapter: Positively toxic.

In short, male of female, competent familiarity with social patterns, violence, and tracking cause and effect presents as indicator of violent tendencies.

Presumes possession, familiarity, and condition imply violent action.