VERBAL JUDO 
                                    Publication Number 1062 
                                AMERICAN LECTURE SERIES® 
                                     A Monograph in 
                                The BANNERSTONE DIVISION of 
                        AMERICAN LECTURES IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND LAW 
                                       Edited by 
                             RALPH SLOVENKO, B.E., LL.B., M.A., Ph.D. 
                                  Professor of Law and Psychiatry 
                                  J#zyne State  University Law School 
                                     Detroit,  Michigan 
                       VERBAL JUDO 
                     WORDS AS A FORCE OPTION 
                                   By 
                         GEORGE J. THOMPSON 
                               Principal Instructor 
                             Communication Strategies,  Inc. 
                             Albuquerque,  New Mexico 
                           Former Associate Professor of English 
                              Emporia State University 
                               Emporia, Kansas 
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                                                                  Thompson, George J. 
                                                                      Verbal judo. 
                                                                      (American lecture series. A monograph in the 
                                                                  Bannerstone Division of American lectures in behavioral 
                                                                  science and law; no. 1062) 
                                                                      Bibliography: p. 
                                                                      Includes index. 
                                                                      1.  Interpersonal communication.  2.  Persuasion 
                                                                  (Rhetoric)  3.  Persuasion (Psychology)  4.  Influence 
                                                                  (Psychology)  5.  Social conflict.  6.  Police training. 
                                                                  1.  Title.  II.  Series: American lecture series. 
                                                                  Monograph in American lectures in behavioral science 
                                                                  and law; no. 1062. 
                                                                  HM132.T48  1983                    303.3'4              83-9164 
                                                                  ISBN 0-398-04879-7. -   ISBN 0-398-06456-3 (pbk.)