The March of Folly
From Troy to Vietnam
Barbara W. Tuchman
Explore the fascinating and tragic history of governments making avoidable mistakes with Barbara Tuchman's The March of Folly. Pulitzer Prize-winning Tuchman discusses the pursuit of policies contrary to a government's interests, despite the availability of other, better options. She delves into four instances throughout history, including the Trojan War and America's involvement in Vietnam, to illustrate the impact of folly. Through vivid storytelling, readers experience the people, places, and events of these turning points in history.
Publish Date
1993-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
1993-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1984
Goodreads Rating
4.02
ISBN
9780345308238
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Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2022-02-24T18:21:51.000Z
"Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman on the first month of WWI is another essential book, along with her other classic "March of Folly."
Both are excellent to help to fight the temptation of looking at world history teleologically. – source2017-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
Certainly you get that too if you look at our nation, where we’re at right now, if you read Barbara Tuchman’s March of Folly or The Guns of August, or you read Paul Kennedy’s Rise and Fall of the Great Powers or Henry Kissinger’s Diplomacy and World Order, you can see what’s happening to a nation in a broader context, which I think is critical. – source