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  1. the Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, USA

    Stanton K. Tefft (associate professor and chairperson)

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special guest editor of this issue of Society.He has authored several papers on the American Indian and has published articles on the topic of warfare and peacemaking. He is editor of a forthcoming book, Secrecy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.

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Tefft, S.K. The politics of secrecy. Soc 16, 60–67 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697804

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