The march of folly

1st Edition,1984. Very good, some wear at dustjacket edges. Additional images available upon request.

From the distinguished American Historian whose work has been acclaimed around the world, and who has been awarded the Pulitzer Price-  a major new book that explores one of the most compelling paradoxes of history: The pursuits by goverments of policies contrary to her own interests.

From a wide range of historical events in which this paradox has been manifest - from the dispersion of the ten tribes of Israel  to Japan attack on Pearl harbour - Barbara Tuchmann identifies the hallmark of folly in goverment : the self-destructive act carried out despite the availability of a recognized and feasible alternative.