Thank you for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs aims to dissect the way in which people argue from classical to modern times.
Like a field guide, it identifies hundreds of methods that are used every day in all circumstances. The drawback is that, except for a chapter on Cicero, it doesn't show how to assemble them. What works well together, what doesn't, what are real-life examples of it working (not just being used)? The book's information would be more potent if assembled a la The One Minute Manager, or Leadership Secrets of Attilla the hun, which present a concept, reinforce it with examples, and them summarize it,
Thank You For Arguing provides great identification that encourages further reading but falls short on showing the reader how to use the knowledge it gives.
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