{"product_id":"the-march-of-folly-from-troy-to-vietnam","title":"The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuchman, Barbara W.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 447\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartNumber:\u003c\/b\u003e new-Feb172017-c0141114\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-02-1984\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpieceThe Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government.\n\nDrawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: 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’ own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. ThroughoutThe March of Folly, Tuchman’s incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display.\n\nPraise for The March of Folly\n\n“A glittering narrative . . . a moral [book] on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.”—The New York Times Book Review\n\n“An admirable survey . . . I haven’t read a more relevant book in years.”—John Kenneth Galbraith,The Boston Sunday Globe\n\n“A superb chronicle . . . a masterly examination.”—Chicago Sun-Times\n\nFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394527772\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModel:\u003c\/b\u003e new-Feb172017-c0141114\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751723335981,"sku":"FBA_1T37538","price":35.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/5853\/5981\/files\/715IrE5M5CL.jpg?v=1768456588","url":"https:\/\/silkroadstore.us\/products\/the-march-of-folly-from-troy-to-vietnam","provider":"Silk Road Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}