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Book Title: Machiavelli's Children : Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Richard J. Samuels
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Political Process / General, Europe / Italy, Asia / Japan
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: History, Political Science
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
