Барбара Такман - Ода политической глупости. От Трои до Вьетнама

• Название: Ода политической глупости. От Трои до Вьетнама
• Автор: Барбара Такман
• Издательство: АСТ
• Жанр: История
• Год: 2013
• ISBN: 978-5-17-078928-3

От Троянской войны — до раскола католической церкви и Реформации.

От позорного поражения Британии в Войне за независимость США — до не менее позорной катастрофы, постигшей США во Вьетнаме.

Можно ли было всего этого избежать?

От верного или неверного решения политиков зависит многое, временами — даже слишком многое.

Так что же заставляет власть имущих снова и снова совершать роковые ошибки, имеющие зачастую чудовищные последствия?

Глупость? Некомпетентность? Злой умысел? Чрезмерные амбиции? Или что-то еще?

Барбара Такман, дважды лауреат Пулитцеровской премии, размышляет в своей интересной и увлекательной книге о самых известных роковых ошибках политиков в истории человечества…

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Дополнительная литература

Биографическими фактами я обязана «Установлениям Валентина» (иначе DNB). Постановления парламента цитируются по соответствующим томам из собрания Хансарда «Parliamentary History»: XVI (Jan 1765 — Nov 1770), XVII (Feb 1771 — Jan 1774), XVIII (Nov 1774 — Oct 1776), XIX (Jan 1777 — Dec 1778).

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