A lesson for the powerful: Folly, and its onward march

The histories of governments are in the main chronicles of recklessness and stupidity, redeemed every now and again by moments of genius and sheer good fortune.

A lesson for the powerful: Folly, and its onward march
Mon, 02 Apr, 2018 - 01:10

The histories of governments are in the main chronicles of recklessness and stupidity, redeemed every now and again by moments of genius and sheer good fortune.

The American writer Barbara Tuchman provides vivid examples in her 1984 history, The March of Folly.

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