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I consider myself a hopeful, spiritual, implicity critical, explicitly skeptical, agnostic atheist. This book does an excellent job of demonstrating what "true" "spirituality" is all about. Spirituality (in my opinion) is not about religious affiliation, dogma, or fundamentalism; it's not about liberalism or the worship of a supernatural idea; to me, it's about a search for Self, love, truth, and happiness.

It can be a difficult read at times, at other times the aphorisms are amazingly simplistic; either way, you'll be sitting there thinking, "Exactly!" or "Hey, that's so right!" or "Yeah, that makes good sense."

If I had the money I'd give this book to everyone I know, it truly is that good.

If you're looking for basic Sales Training 101, plain and simple, this is the book for you.

Some echoes of his subsequent publications are also found in the re-framing of the work of other therapists. "Mind in therapy" is a clear precursor of the thought of this book.

Improvisational Therapy challenges the reader to use her own creativity, without relying on the "recipes" of others. Keeney contextualizes therapy as performing art, not completely tongue in cheek.

Dr. Keeney presents a wealth of information in a small volume. Little time is wasted on theory and the question "Why?". Most of the book is devoted to explicit descriptions of techniques that can be powerful techniques of change.

In the first third of the book, Dr. Keeney describes a number of techniques from the MRI, forerunners of many of today's "power therapies".

In the second third, Keeney describes a method that makes use of an art gallery as a metaphor for conducting psychotherapy. His use of the idea of "frames' is especially useful given that Keeney maps out many of the possible ways a client's "frames of reference" can be influenced for change.

In the final third, Dr. Keeney presents a self-development exercise useful to the begining and the experienced therapist. Through the use of open-ended questions, Keeney guides the reader through a process that can enhance self-awareness and point to areas of professional growth.

In conclusion, I would recommend this slim volume to any therapist who is thirsting for practical and useful techniques.

The book is organized into six chapters and deals with the issue from various angles including but not limited to Military/National Security, Economic, political and contemporary International trends in Arms control/Non Proliferation.

The author puts himself in the shoes of an Indian and attempts to go an extra mile to explain the threats to India's National Security particularly from India's nuclear neighbors.

Chapters 4 & 5 are the most important ones. Towards a Force In Being I & II. In these chapters the author describes how India's nuclear force is taking shape.

The discussion of Chinese capabilities and threats (pp 58-75) is interesting so is the coverage of India's SSN/SSBN program (ATV) pp 573-581.

All in all this book is for you.
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This is a scholarly work full of a lot of Information, arguments backed by solid reasoning and superb constructive criticism.

The author himself is an authority on South Asian Security issues. He is also the advisor of Robert Blackwill(US Ambassador to India).

The author puts himself in the shoes of an Indian and attempts to go an extra mile to explain the threats to India's National Security particularly from India's nuclear neighbors.

The book is organized into 6 chapters and deals with the issue from various angles (Domestic politics, military, National Economic performance and Contemporary International trends in the field of Nuclear Arms control).

Out of the 6 chapters Chapters 4 and 5 are of foremost importance. Towards a Force-in-Being(I) and (II).

The book consists 19 figures and 11 maps. But the maps of India are not shown properly(particularly J&K, PoK and Aksai China).

The discussion of India's SSN/SSBN program(ATV)(pp 573-581) is very interesting so is an analysis of Chinese threat & capabilities.

It also brings up several significant issues that need to be addressed such as the Nuclear Doctrine.

All in all this book is for you !

Happy Reading !

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