Noun
United States historian (1912-1989)
Source: WordNetThe late Harvard University History Professor, Barbara Tuchman, in a book, The March of Folly described folly in government as the pursuit of something that had proved to be unachievable during the time of that pursuit. Source: Internet
Barbara Tuchman 's The March of Folly begins with an extensive analysis of the Laocoön story. Source: Internet