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About this title: Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author Barbara Tuchman now tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interersts, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government: 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' persistent folly in Vietnam. THE MARCH OF ...
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Fair 1985. Softcover. Reissue. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Acceptable condition reading copy showing definate wear. All pages plus cover present. Cover has some wear on edges. Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. Some discoloration/sunfade of cover/spine. read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: 1985. Softcover. Reissue. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER; . read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: 1985. Softcover. Reissue. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER; Cover has some wear on edges. Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. Price or other sticker on cover. read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Fair 1985. Softcover. Reissue. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Acceptable condition reading copy showing definate wear. All pages plus cover present. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER; Cover has some wear on edges. Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. Some discoloration/sunfade of cover/spine. read more
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The March of Folly-From Troy to Vietnam
by
Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Hardcover
Description: 1984. Hardcover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Minor small bends/tears to edges of dust jacket. Cover has some wear on edges. Dust jacket: Acceptable. read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (Abacus Books)
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus Books (Sphere)
Date Published: 1985-05-23
ISBN-13: 9780349133652
ISBN: 0349133654
Description: Fair. Name written on first page. Cover worn, creased, bent, scuffed and scratched in spots. Pages clean but yellowed. Heavytail carefully hand cleans and reinspects each and every item we ship. Our quality control process insures items to be in the condition described or better. Heavytail is determined to earn your repeat business through old fashioned customer service. We love international orders. read more
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March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Good+ 447 pages--illustrated with photos--creasing & edgewear to covers--pages clean, but rippled due to the tightness of the binding--1/4 pages of notes inside front cover--prev. owners name inside--good+ reading copy. read more
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March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Good. 23 pages at beginning with tidy marks, otherwise very clean, bright, covers glossy, like new, binding square, tight, fully illustrated, very reliable shipper(shelf#2223) read more
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March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Trade PB, edge Peeling
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Vg, Edge/corner wear/bends. 0345308239 book is very good with slight edge/corner wear and small bends/peeling. pages are clean and tight. read more
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The March of Folly-From Troy to Vietnam
by
Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1984
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
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The March of Folly, From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, NY
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover bumped, chipped and scuffed with edgewear. Pgs clean, tight and browning with age. read more
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The March of Folly, From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: NY, Ballentine, 1985
Description: Octavo, softcover, VG in green pictorial wraps. Surveying the vast spectrum of our recorded past, Barbara Tuchman traces and explores one of the most compelling paradoxes of history: the recurring pursuit by governments of poli cies contrary to their own interests. From the dispersion of ten tribes in Israel (930 B.C. ) to Montezuma's surrender of his empire (1520) to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the Trojan War, the Vietn a m War. and more. reveals the cause of government folly. 447 pp. ... read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Very Good. No DJ Issued. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Contents_Pristine, tight. Cover_3 corner creases, minor edge/corner wear, 1 spine crease. Binding_excellent. First edition. 447 p. 8.2 x 5.3". read more
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March of Folly, From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: VG, edgewear, light soil., wht. 8vo, 447p. read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Ballantine Books, 1985
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Trade Paperback. Very Good, Pages Fading. Book is very good with fading pages. read more
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March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Good. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Trade paperback in Good Condition. The rear, lower corners is stained and has some crumpling of pages on that corner; otherwise, clean, tight, and unmarked. Author is a two times Pulitzer Prize Winner. In this book she tackles the pervasive presence through the ages of folly in government. She illuminates four decisive turinging points in history that illustrate the heights of folly: The Trojan War; The breakup of the Holy See provoked by the renaissance ... read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Very Good. 0345308239 5th printing. Pages a little tan. read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1985-02-12
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
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March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Good. White cover. First printing. Tanning. read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Edition: Ballantine Book
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. very good except for small cover tear. tex17. 464 p.; 0.86" x 8.22" x 5.29". Includes Illustrations. read more
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The March of Folly, From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Edition: BOMC
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, NY
Date Published: c. 1984
Description: Very Good in Good dust jacket; Binding is clean, sound and unworn, 'tho cover's are slightly bowed. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. VG / G-. Index. 32p ills, some in color, some b/w. Medium gray cloth, bright silver lettering. HISTORY. The recurring pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Through a wide range of historical examples in which this paradox has been manifest-from the ... read more
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13: 9780345308238
ISBN: 0345308239
Description: Very Good. 0345308239 First edition, very good condition softcover. Shop & Save With US. read more
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The March of Folly
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Description: Very Good Condition. Top right corner cut off of front blank endpaper. Hardcover, Cover Wear First Edition Edition: 1984, Dust Jacket-Good. read more
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The March of Folly
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Description: Very Good Condition. Hardcover Edition: 1984, Dust Jacket-Worn. read more
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