TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tuchman,Barbara Wertheim
TI  - The march of folly: from Troy to Vietnam 
SN  - 0345308239 (pbk.)
AV  - D 210 T888m 1985
U1  - 909.08 
PY  - 1985///
CY  - New York
PB  - Ballantine Books
KW  - History, Modern
KW  - History
KW  - Errors, inventions, etc
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Judgment
KW  - Historia moderna
KW  - Historia
KW  - Errores, invenciones, etc
KW  - Poder (Ciencias sociales)
KW  - Juicio
KW  - 20150700
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-428) and index; 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 herself in Vietnam -- "A lantern on the stern"
N2  - Examines the irrationalities of governments through analysis of four crises of history--the fall of Troy, the Renaissance popes' provocation of the Protestant Reformation, Britain's loss of the American colonies, and America's involvement in Vietnam
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random042/84045672.html
ER  -