In his preface, Grotstein expresses the hope that he can cast light on the operation and interrelationship of the well-known Kleinian concepts which comprise the title of this book. He also states that he intends to "put to rest the alleged differences between projection and projective identification" (p. vii). In addition, he attempts to address classical psychoanalysts as well as Kleinians in the hope of effecting some rapprochement and a fruitful delineation and integration of important conceptual terms and issues. His goals for the most part are not realized, and it is doubtful that either Kleinians or Freudians will find this work clear and comprehensible, much less successful in integrating Kleinian theory (as elaborated by Grotstein) with that of classical authors.

To begin with, Grotstein's understanding and appraisal of the theoretical stance of certain authors is open to question and disagreement. Kohut's