The march of folly
Subtitle: from Troy to Vietnam
By: Barbara W. Tuchman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
Subjects: History, Modern; History -- Errors, inventions, etc; Power (Social sciences); Judgment
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Pursuit of policy contrary to self-interest -- Prototype : the Trojans take the wooden horse within their walls -- The Renaissance popes provoke the Protestant secession : 1470-1530 -- The British lose America -- America betrays itself in Vietnam -- Epilogue : "a lantern on the stern."