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050	0	0	_aD210 _b.T89 1985
082	0	0	_a909.08 TUC
100	1		_aTuchman, Barbara W.
245	1	4	_aThe march of folly _b: from Troy to Vietnam _c/ Barbara W. Tuchman
260			_aLondon _b: Abacus _c, 1997.
300			_a559 p. _c; 21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [489]-536) and index.
520			_aBarbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interersts, 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.
650		0	_aHistory, Modern
650		0	_aHistory _x--Errors, inventions, etc.
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences)
942			_cMO
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