Robert Ellis
(Turkey analyst and commentator, and also an international advisor at the Research Institute for European and American Studies in Athens)
Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 7 April 2025
Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies
If the celebrated historian, Barbara Tuchman, author of The Guns of August, lived today, she would undoubtedly update The March of Folly, which was published in 1984. This deals with the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, from Troy to Vietnam, and an update would undoubtedly include events from the last decade. ... Read more