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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
de Tuchman, Barbara W
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394527771
- ISBN 13
- 9780394527772
- Librería
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. In addition, same date, 1984, on Title page and Copyright page. Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards and silver gilt lettering on spine and on front board (author's initials: BWT.) Side edges deckled. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains four sections of color and black & white photographs. 447 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; light shelf & edge wear; tiny chip at heel of spine; 1"" closed tear at bottom of front panel; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Surveying the vast spectrum of our recorded past, Barbara Tuchman now traces and explores one of the most compelling paradoxes of history: the recurring pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interest. Through a wide range of historical examples in which this paradox has been manifest - from the dispersion of the ten tribes of Israel (930 B.C) and Montezuma's senseless surrender of his empire (1520) to Japan's attack on Perl Harbor - Mrs. Tuchman distinguishes folly from other types of misgovernment and identifies its hallmark: the self-destructive act carried out despite the availability of a recognized and feasible alternative. . . . She then brilliantly illuminates - in a narrative that makes real for us the people, places, events, and issues of each era - four decisive turning points in history. . . .""
Sinopsis
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August —a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute .
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- Librería
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M001466
- Título
- The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
- Autor
- Tuchman, Barbara W
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394527771
- ISBN 13
- 9780394527772
- Editorial
- Alfred a Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1984
- Palabras clave
- History, Modern History, History - Errors, inventions, etc, Power (Social sciences)
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History;
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Sobre el vendedor
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
Sobre Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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