The march of folly
(2009)
Nonfiction
Audiobook CD
Call Numbers:
CD/909.08/TUCHMAN,B
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, [2009]
℗2009
℗2009
DESCRIPTION
15 audio discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9781433295072 Z5373, 1433295075, 9781433295096, 1433295091, 9781433295096
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Unabridged
Tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain's George III, and the United States' persistent folly in Vietnam
Compact discs
Read by Wanda McCaddon