Global Projections of Deep-Rooted US Pathologies
Date
1996-10
Authors
Galtung, Johan
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Publisher
School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Abstract
Barbara W. Tuchman, in her fine book The March of Folly,' studies four cases of foreign policy actors-Troy in the Battle of Troy. the Renaissance Popes during the Protestant Reformation, England and the American Revolution. and the USA in Vietnam-and concludes that their actions cannot be described as anything but simply foolish.? What they enacted worked out extremely badly. Their so-called decisions made them look foolish, if not to their contemporaries, then at least to posterity.