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Title: Wordy but insightful
Review: Insightful look at specific points in history where one or numerous significant errors caused a momentous shift in power or policy. Tuchman begins with the Trojan Horse and skips through time making stops in 16th Century Rome, 18th Century Colonial America and 20th Century Vietnam. Tuchman tends to be verbose in many of her pieces, but The March of Folly is the most extreme case I have encountered yet. Tuchman's thesis is instructive as usual and her argument is presented convincingly. Despite the repetition of information and the depth of the argument, The March of Folly is worth the read.
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