The march of folly : from Troy to Vietnam /
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: xiv, 447 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:- 0394527771
- 9780394527772
- From Troy to Vietnam
- Geschichte 1470-1530
- History, Modern
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc
- Power (Social sciences)
- Judgment
- Histoire moderne et contemporaine
- Histoire -- Erreurs, inventions, etc
- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
- Jugement
- Geschiedenis
- Historische vergissingen
- Papst
- Vietnamkrieg
- Geschiedenis
- Historische vergissingen
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc
- History, Modern
- Judgment
- Power (Social sciences)
- USA -- Unabh�angigkeitskrieg
- USA
- Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837
- 909.08 19
- D210 .T89 1984
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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NF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 909.8 TUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | D210 .T89 1984 | 1 | Available | 34517000205222 |
Includes bibliographical references 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 itself in Vietnam -- Epilogue: "A lantern on the stern."
Traces and explores the recurring pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.
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