MARCH OF FOLLY, THE(ISBN=9780345308238)
Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author Barbara Tuchmannow tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments throughthe ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policiescontrary to their own interersts, despite the availability offeasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning pointsin history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government:the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by theRenaissance Popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain'sGeorge III, and the United States' persistent folly in Vietnam. THEMARCH OF FOLLY brings the people, places, and events of historymagnificently alive for today's reader
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