Viewpoint – Robert Beck: Deja vu all over again

Barbara Tuchman, one of America’s preeminent historians of the 20th century, wrote an analysis of some of the most consequential failures of leadership in world history. “The March of Folly,” published in 1984, deconstructs the egregious errors made by rulers, popes, kings and presidents in four specific situations. The final chapter of the book, detailing…