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035 _a(OCoLC)11838487
050 1 4 _aD 210
_bT888m 1985
082 0 0 _a909.08
100 1 _aTuchman, Barbara Wertheim.
245 1 4 _aThe march of folly :
_bfrom Troy to Vietnam /
_cBarbara W. Tuchman.
250 _a1st Ballantine Books ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bBallantine Books,
_c1985.
300 _axvi, 447 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [391]-428) and index.
505 0 _aPursuit 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".
520 _aExamines 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.
650 0 _aHistory, Modern.
650 0 _aHistory
_xErrors, inventions, etc.
650 0 _aPower (Social sciences)
650 0 _aJudgment.
650 4 _aHistoria moderna.
650 4 _aHistoria
_xErrores, invenciones, etc.
650 4 _aPoder (Ciencias sociales)
650 4 _aJuicio.
650 4 _a20150700
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random042/84045672.html
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