Well, now that I've gotten my APR, I'm glad to have this book around. While I didn't read the entire thing, it will stay on my shelf as a tried and true PR reference.
*********************************************************** It's the PR bible, it turns out. Gotta have it to make it through the APR exam, so yes, I probably have just bought my last ever textbook. Unless I decide to get another masters or Ph.D. someday.
This was alternately a thrill and a chore. Some parts are excellent, some parts are awful. It definitely reads like it was written by two people: one who could write and one who could not.
This public relations textbook was good enough that I've saved it for all these years, and still refer to it occasionally. A favorite part of this book is the treatment of the American Revolution as a public relations campaign. According to this book, the Boston Massacre was not a spontaneous event and the Liberty Tree was a clever symbol for rallying the colonists.