About Anger
Anger, as an enemy, lures us into formless withdrawals and depressions, fractures and stagnates our relationships, blocks our way toward understanding and saps our energy to change ourselves and our world. Anger, as a friend, is a vehicle that allows and often pushes us to know that we are individual selves; guides and often forces us into social relationships; confronts and illuminates our path toward reality and provides us with energy to change ourselves and our world.

According to H. D. Johns, author of the highly readable and informative book: From Fear to Fury, "Anger is always a structure fueled by fear." And although this is not a new idea, the author claims it has never been fully explored, explained or understood.

Johns has been studying anger for the past twenty-five years, and his expertise is highly evident in this truly engrossing and scholarly work. He breaks down this most basic of human emotions into four types based on four basic life positions: frustration, resentment, defiance and indignation. In concise and eloquent language, Johns shows the reader how and why these emotions are fueled by fear and suggests ways of successfully dealing with them, both in ourselves and in others.

Johns has developed a unique and innovative format for overcoming this common, but sometimes deadly, emotion. Included here are tables and illustrations designed to help the reader pinpoint and identify his particular anger type. Especially helpful are the author's own experiences and techniques, which are detailed here, using actual case studies, each of which offers concrete and specific suggestions on how to deal with the anger that is in all of us.