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Book Title: Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
Item Length: 8.8in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Donald Kagan
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / Ancient, Ancient / Greece, Ancient & Classical
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 1989
Genre: Literary Criticism, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 420 Pages
