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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

Catégorie: Sciences, Techniques et Médecine, Dictionnaires, langues et encyclopédies
Auteur: William Dalrymple
Éditeur: Don Winslow
Publié: 2019-02-05
Écrivain: Sara Craven, Mary Beth Norton
Langue: Hindi, Tagalog, Suédois, Allemand
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The March of Folly - Wikipedia - The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam is a book by Barbara W. Tuchman, an American historian and author. It was published on March 19, 1984, by Knopf in New York. Summary. The book is about "one of the most compelling paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests."

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