RT Journal
A1 Murphy TC
T1 THe mirages of marriage.
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1969
FD March 1
VO 20
IS 3
SP 376
OP 377
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740150120017
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740150120017
AB The late Dr. Don D. Jackson and Mr. William Lederer have undertaken an ambitious project in The Mirages of Marriage.They have attempted to present a work on the marital relationship and its vicissitudes that would be of interest and value to a wide audience. This would include marital therapists from various disciplines, marital counselors, and marital couples concerned with their problems in marriage. Their success in this undertaking is a credit to their knowledge of the problems of marriage and their skill as writers. Dr. Jackson had done extensive work in the fields of human communications and family relationships. Mr. Lederer, the co-author of The Ugly American, became interested in the problems of marriage as a result of his study of systems theory at Harvard University, where he is writer-inresidence. Their collaboration has resulted in a "successful marriage."The "Forward" by