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The march of folly: from Troy to Vietnam by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman

The march of folly: from Troy to Vietnam Barbara Wertheim Tuchman ebook
Format: pdf
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345308239, 9780345308238

The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam List Price: $16.95 ISBN13: 9780345308238 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! Monday, 4 February 2013 at 16:33. It reminds me of Barbara Tuchman's The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. Historian Barbara Tuchman in her book The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam conveys the pessimistic idea that " mankind . [Folly:] the pursuit of policy contrary to the self-interest of the constituency or state involved. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! Makes a pooper performance of government than of almost any other human activity" (Tuchman, 1983). The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American self-trained historian and author. And there was the battle of Dien Pien Phu under the leadership of General Giap who badly defeated the French Forces in Vietnam. More likely, hewing to the drone-attack approach can be attributed, at least in part to what Barbara Tuchman in her The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam describes as wooden-headedness:. The March of Folly: From Troy To Vietnam. The 50-year long journey for Eritrea's independence was all a March of Folly, argues the author, because (1) the clueless leaders of the “Ghedli generation” tried to (2) replace “Habesha” identity with (3) an “alien” Ghedli/Arabic identity by constructing (4) unsound arguments—economic, .