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The book is structured around major episodes and debates, including the “Aetiology of Hysteria,” Freud’s relationships with Fliess and Emma Eckstein, and his renunciation of the seduction theory. Preface and introduction frame the author’s motivation—responding to human suffering—and the subsequent research-driven conclusions documented in notes, appendices, and later edition afterwords.","Table of Contents  \nCopyright  \nThe Assault on Truth by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson  \nDedication  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nPREFACE  \nINTRODUCTION  \n1- “The Aetiology of Hysteria”  \n2-Freud at the Paris Morgue  \n3-Freud, Fliess, and Emma Eckstein  \n4-Freud’s Renunciation of the Theory of Seduction  \n5-The Strange Case of Ferenczi’s Last Paper  \nCONCLUSION  \nAFTERWORD TO THE 1985 EDITION  \nAPPENDIX A: FREUD AND EMMA ECKSTEIN  \nAPPENDIX B: FREUD’S 1896  \nAPPENDIX C: FERENCZI’S 1932  \nPOSTSCRIPT TO THE 1985 EDITION  \nPOSTSCRIPT TO THE 1992 EDITION  \nPOSTSCRIPT TO THE POCKET EDITION  \nAFTERWORD TO THE 2003 EDITION  \nNotes  \nThe Assault on Truth By Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copyright 2012 by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Cover Copyright 2012 by Ginny Glass and Untreed Reads  \nPublishing  \nThe author is hereby established as the sole holder of the copyright. Either the publisher (Untreed Reads) or author may enforce copyrights to the fullest extent.  \nPreviously published in print, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1998, 2003 .  \nThis ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold, reproduced or transmitted by any means in any form or given away to other people without specific permission from the author and/or publisher. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.  \n[http://www.untreedreads.com](http://www.untreedreads.com)  \nThe Assault on Truth  \nBy Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson  \nFor Leila  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nBecause of the controversial nature of this book, many of the people who helped me in various ways may well wish their names had been omitted here. I can only stress that no one mentioned is any way responsible for my views—they are mine and mine alone.  \nWithout the generosity of K. R. Eissler, Anna Freud, and Muriel Gardiner, this book would not have been possible. Through them I was given access to a vast storehouse of otherwise unavailable documents. Because the conclusions I reached on the basis of these documents were not such that they could share them with me, our original collaboration unfortunately came to an end. I remain deeply grateful, however, for their many acts of kindness.  \nMany of the views expressed in this book are the result of long conversations with my former wife, Terri Alter. She has a remarkable ability to see into the depths of things, and I profited enormously from her moral courage and intellectual brilliance.  \nMarianne Loring has been associated for many years now with my forthcoming edition of Freud’s letters to Fliess. We read through every document together and translated them jointly. Her dedication to research and her personal friendship were an inspiration in the writing of this book.  \nRobert Goldman read the entire manuscript in several versions and brought to bear his unusual gifts and incisive thinking and made many invaluable suggestions. Over the many years of our friendship, spanning Poona, Toronto, and Berkeley, we have had long and fruitful discussions that enriched my intellectual life.  \nSally Sutherland read the final draft closely; I value her perspicacity. Gerhard Fichtner prepared a reliable transcript of the German text of the Freud/Fliess letters and also gave me the benefit of his wide knowledge of the history of medicine.  \nLottie Newman was responsible for the first draft of the translation of the Freud/Fliess letters and gave me excellent advice on further  \ndrafts.  \nMark Paterson of Sigmund Freud Copyrights has remained friendly through difficult times.  \nNancy Miller, at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, with tact and great understanding, has suggested innumerable improvements and her enthusiasm never flagged. 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