The March of Folly From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara W Tuchman

Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Barbara W. Tuchman author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August grapples with her boldest subject the pervasive presence through the ages of failure mismanagement and delusion in government. Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples from Montezumas senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japans attack on Pearl Harbor Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests despite the availabili