tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post111829106783071375..comments2024-03-28T04:52:31.566-07:00Comments on Toner Mishap: The March of FollyThe Misanthropehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1118420598645015312005-06-10T09:23:00.000-07:002005-06-10T09:23:00.000-07:00In The March of Folly the late Barbara Tuchman (on...In The March of Folly the late Barbara Tuchman (one of America's foremost historians) examines an interesting facet of history, namely the tendency of governments to act stubbornly and perversely against their own best interests (this tendency is the "folly" referred to by the title). <BR/>For Tuchman, a particular course of action must meet three criteria to be considered folly; first, it must have been seen as such by contemporariesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com