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Book Title: Why Wilson Matters: The Origin Of American Liberal Internati...
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Why Wilson Matters : the Origin of American Liberal Internationalism and Its Crisis Today
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: History & Theory, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Item Height: 1 in
Item Weight: 19.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, Political Science
Author: Tony Smith
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
