{"product_id":"the-march-of-folly-from-troy-to-vietnam","title":"The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August, \u003c\/i\u003e grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma's senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain's George III, and the United States' own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. Throughout \u003ci\u003eThe March of Folly, \u003c\/i\u003e Tuchman's incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe March of Folly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A glittering narrative . . . a moral [book] on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An admirable survey . . . I haven't read a more relevant book in years.\"\u003cb\u003e--John Kenneth Galbraith, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A superb chronicle . . . a masterly examination.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984268886247,"sku":"9780345308238","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_7107c1e7-dcb4-44ff-a880-f4a50fbe58e5.jpg?v=1776315382","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-march-of-folly-from-troy-to-vietnam","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}