History's Fools

History's Fools
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Total Pages : 456
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ISBN-10 : 9780197510612
ISBN-13 : 0197510612
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Download or read book History's Fools written by David Martin Jones and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of Western liberal hubris and our failure to escape from history.


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