The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

ImprintPapermac
PublisherMacmillan General Books
First Published byMichael Joseph Ltd
Copyright HolderBarbara Tuchman
Printed and Bound byMackays of Chatham plc
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUnited Kingdom
This Edition Published1996
Copyright1984
First Paperback Printing1985
Pages / Font447 pages
Barcode9 780333 656860
ISBN0-333-65686-5
Price£13.00
Printer's Key1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
ChaptersAcknowledgements ix One - Pursuit of Policy Contrary to Self-Interest 3 Two - Prototype: the Trojans Take the Wooden Horse Within Their Walls 35 Three - The Renaissance Popes Provoke the Protestant Secession: 1470-1530 51 1 Murder In a Cathedral: Sixtus IV 62 2 Host to the Infidel: Innocent VIII 66 3 Depravity: Alexander VI 75 4 the Warrior: Julius II 91 5 the Protestant Break: Leo X 104 6 the Sack of Rome: Clement VII 118 Four - The British Lose America 127 1 Who's In, Who's Out: 1763-65 128 2 "Asserting a Right You Know You Cannot Exert": 1765 150 3 Folly Under Full Sail: 1766-72 167 4 "Remember Rehoboam!": 1773-75 191 5 "...A Disease, a Delirium": 1775-83 208 Five - America Betrays Herself In Vietnam 233 1 In Embryo: 1945-46 234 2 Self-Hypnosis: 1946-54 246 3 Creating the Client: 1954-60 269 4 "Married to Failure": 1960-63 283 5 Executive War: 1964-68 311 6 Exit: 1969-73 357 Epilogue "A Lantern On the Stern" 379 Reference Notes and Works Consulted 391 Index 429
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