The march of folly: from Troy to Vietnam Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Publisher: Ballantine Books

She writes about “wooden-headedness”, the tendency of powerful people in history to do incredibly self-destructive things. Annie Robbins says: May 28, 2012 at 6:19 pm. Tuchman The Folio Society: London 1984. The late historian Barbara Tuchman described the ineptness of government decision-making in her book, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. 16 See the various books by Barbara Tuchman, notably The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam(New York: Knopf, 1984). Robert Kaplan, Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos. I've just finished reading The March of Folly – From Troy to Vietnam. In The March of Folly: from Troy to Vietnam historian Barbara Tuchman reviews bad policies governments cling to even as events show the policies were bad from the beginning. Makes a pooper performance of government than of almost any other human activity" (Tuchman, 1983). The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. About 25 years ago, the eminent historian Barbara W. In Barbara Tuchman's 'The March of Folly (From Troy To Vietnam)" (Ballantine Books, March 1985) she states: "Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination. Historian Barbara Tuchman in her book The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam conveys the pessimistic idea that " mankind . Oncken, Panzersprung nach Agadir. Barbara Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. Here are two quick quotes: Pope Alexander VI: A leader begins by not hearing the truth, and ends up not wanting to hear it. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Barbara W. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara Tuchman. 17 Pakenham, Scramble for Africa. Of course, I am all too mindful that, as Barbara Tuchman chronicled in The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, countries have often fought wars over much less.