How to Win the Love You Want: Effective Techniques and Tactics for Finding and Keeping the One You Love [Hardcover]

Thomas W. McKnight (Author), Robert H. Phillips (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Galahad Books (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578660181
• ISBN-13: 978-1578660186
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,647,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Manipulation and control is the theme of this book., August 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Win the Love You Want: Effective Techniques and Tactics for Finding and Keeping the One You Love (Hardcover)

There are some good points in this book, such as Chapter 15 "Showing a Willingness to Change". However, Chapter 12 "Creating Insecurities" is an example of the authors' penchant for instructing people how to be manipulating and controling in the relationship. Love tactic #64: Make them Insecure and Keep Them Humble. You don't Make someone else insecure. That's within them. McKnight and Phillps are concocting a recipe for an unhealthy relationship. Then there's Love tactic #56 "Take Advantage of Human Suggestibility by Acting Self-Assured." Wait a second, now the authors are telling the reader to "Act"! Whatever happened to BEING self assured. There's a big difference. "Acting" is a sham and won't sustain a relationship. On the other hand BEING as a part of the person will sustain the person and the relationship. Unfortunately, the title of the book is a real hook to get people to read it. A better book to read is THE TEN-SECOND MIRACLE, Creating Relationship Breakthroughs by Gay Hendricks.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very helpful book!, March 2, 2000

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This review is from: How to Win the Love You Want: Effective Techniques and Tactics for Finding and Keeping the One You Love (Hardcover)

If you have an open mind, this book will be the best investment on the subject you can make. We are not born with an understanding how to be effective in love, so fortunately McKnight and Phillips have compiled that information for us. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in sorting out this love thing, and have lent this book to two of my friends. Hoping to start a relationship? Or handle it effectively during the early stages? This book is great!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a new book, March 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Win the Love You Want: Effective Techniques and Tactics for Finding and Keeping the One You Love (Hardcover)

This book is the combination of the first two books. So beware. If you have one or both of the authors books DO NOT buy this. It simply contains both of those books in one. Very disappointing.