17%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The March Of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Barbara W. Tuchman
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The March Of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Paperback. An exploration of one of the paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBT; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 65. Weight in Grams: 398.
From the distinguished American historian whose work has been acclaimed around the world, a major new book that penetrates one of the most bizarre and fascinating paradoxes in history: the persistent pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own intersts. Across the march of thirty centuries, Tuchman brings to life the dramatic events which constitute folly's hallmark in government; the fall of Troy, symbolic prototype of freely chosen disaster; the Protestant secession, provoked by six decades of spectacularly corrupt papcy; the British forfeiture of the American colonies; and America's catastrophic thirty year involvement with vietnam. The March of ... Read more
From the distinguished American historian whose work has been acclaimed around the world, a major new book that penetrates one of the most bizarre and fascinating paradoxes in history: the persistent pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own intersts. Across the march of thirty centuries, Tuchman brings to life the dramatic events which constitute folly's hallmark in government; the fall of Troy, symbolic prototype of freely chosen disaster; the Protestant secession, provoked by six decades of spectacularly corrupt papcy; the British forfeiture of the American colonies; and America's catastrophic thirty year involvement with vietnam. The March of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Weight
377g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349106748
SKU
V9780349106748
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Barbara W. Tuchman
Barbara Tuchman is a double Pulizter Prize winning historian who has writen some of the seminal popular historical works of our age. She died in 1989.
Reviews for The March Of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
A Tuchman book always teems with colourful characters... observed with a relentless and unforgiving gaze... and what an eye for detail and flair for language she possesses! London Review of Books Admirers of her earlier works will find Barbara Tuchman's familiar virtues on display. She is lucid, painstaking and highly intelligent. She is also highly expert. Sunday Times Few historians, ... Read more