The March of Folly
Subtitle: from Troy to Vietnam
Publisher: The Folio Society
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Copyright date: 1984
Notes: "The March of Folly was first published in the United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf Inc. and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd in 1984. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph Ltd in the same year." - Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Pursuit of policy contrary to self-interest; title: Prototype : the Trojans take the wooden horse within their walls; title: The Renaissance popes provoke the Protestant secession : 1470-1530; title: The British lose America; title: America betrays herself in Vietnam; title: Epilogue : 'A lantern on the stern'