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"The March of Folly" - Tuchman.

Bowser — 2/11/2007 7:35:17 PM (archived)

Essential.

Trojan War, Reformation, American Revolution and Vietnam War.

And fascinating.

Arf

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The whole thread (22 posts)

Yo, Podrock! - ER - 2/11/2007 7:04:24 PM
- Yo, ER - podrock - 2/12/2007 4:26:01 PM
- Tuchman - ER - 2/11/2007 7:09:02 PM
  - "The March of Folly" - Tuchman. - Bowser - 2/11/2007 7:35:17 PM
    - La Belle Epoch - ER - 2/11/2007 7:48:09 PM
      - re: "La Belle Epoque" - Raoul - 2/11/2007 9:26:07 PM
        
        re: "La Belle Epoque" - ER - 2/11/2007 10:46:03 PM
        
        Le Dormeur du Val (translated) - Raoul - 2/12/2007 6:46:51 AM
        
        Those days. - Bowser - 2/12/2007 7:45:06 AM
        
        re: Those days and even recently - Raoul - 2/12/2007 1:40:58 PM
        
        What a treat! - Bowser - 2/12/2007 2:37:34 PM
        
        Languages - TB - 2/12/2007 6:11:05 PM
        
        re: Languages - ER - 2/12/2007 7:07:17 PM
        
        re: Languages - Raoul - 2/12/2007 7:26:52 PM
      - The "deciders" being remote from the consequences. - Bowser - 2/11/2007 8:27:53 PM
        
        Yes! I forgot I read that. Superb! - ER - 2/11/2007 8:38:11 PM
        
        Here's another - Fox - 2/12/2007 1:32:18 AM
        
        I never read that. - ER - 2/12/2007 1:59:29 AM
  - The Wrath of Kahn - ER - 2/11/2007 7:16:00 PM
    - Even-handed, non-ideological, unbiased analysis - ER - 2/11/2007 7:23:19 PM
      - Flexibility is essential. - podrock - 2/14/2007 4:30:03 AM
        
        But too much flexibility can lead to paralysis. - ER - 2/14/2007 5:45:43 AM

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