透過本書 , 你可以了解到什麼是直接的交談 , 美國人的交際方式是怎麼樣的 , 以及美國人並不是總像我們所認為的那樣直接 , 你會明白美國人對於權限充滿矛盾 : 他們渴求權力 , 但又不願意被人發現她們渴望追求權力 .

Craig Storti is founder and director of Communacating Across cultures, a Washington DC-based intercultural communication training and consulting ferm. A former Peace Corps volunteer, he has written many best-selling books on the cross-cultural experience, including The Art of Crossing Cultures, The Art of Coming Home and Figuring Foreigners Out. After living nearly a quarter of his life abroad, he now lives in Maryland .