Partnership Defense in Bridge

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Summary: An excellent book on a vital part of the game
Review: If one browses through a collection of books on bridge, what will one find? There will be some books about bridge matches, showing how some great players made some great plays (often as declarer). There will be some books on bidding systems and conventions. Some books on declarer play. And, of course, not even last and certainly not least, a few books about defense. But even these books are often oriented towards individual defensive skills. They are geared towards the player who can walk into a game and score well with a pickup partner.

But that leaves out the partnership aspect of the game.

Many of the books that emphasize partnership deal primarily with what system to play, what conventions to play, and how to test one's partnership's ability to arrive at good contracts.

However, there's a big need to defend well. That means agreeing on what signals are to be used and when they are to be used, and it means practicing them! And this well-written book will be of good use for your partnership if you go through it together.