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The March of Folly

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By Becka Betta, Grand Rapids, Mich.

April 16, 2009, 5:04 a.m. ET

I'm reading 聽 The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara Tuchman for the second time. I like perusing the inside details on the human mistakes triggering聽 historic events she outlines and thought I would browse over it again.