The march of folly : from Troy to Vietnam

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The march of folly : from Troy to Vietnam

(1985)

By: Tuchman, Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim), 1912-1989

Nonfiction

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909.08/TUCHMAN,B

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PUBLISHED

New York : Ballantine Books, 1985

EDITION

First Ballantine Books edition

DESCRIPTION

xvi, 447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN

0345308239 (pbk.), 9780345308238 (pbk.), 0345308239 :

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Pursuit of policy contrary to self-interest -- Prototype: the Trojans take the wooden horse within their walls -- The Renaissance popes provoke the Protestant secession: 1470-1530 -- The British lose America -- America betrays herself in Vietnam -- "A lantern on the stern"

Examines the irrationalities of governments through analysis of four crises of history--the fall of Troy, the Renaissance popes' provocation of the Protestant Reformation, Britain's loss of the American colonies, and America's involvement in Vietnam