The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War, Paperback - David Livingstone Smith

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Jonathan MarshallNumber of pages: 298Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 19Cover type...

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