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Cam McLeman
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Though Mariano's comment above is no doubt true and the most complete answer you'll get, there are a couple of texts that stand apart in my mind from the slew of textbooks with the generic title "Algebraic Number Theory" that might tempt you. The first leaves off a lot of algebraic number theory, but what it does, it does incredibly clearly (and it's cheap!). It's "Number Theory I: Fermat's Dream", a translation of a Japanese text by Kazuya Kato. The second is Cox's "Primes of the form $x^2+ny^2$, which in terms of getting to some of the most amazing and deepest parts of algebraic number theory with as few prerequisites as possible, has got to be the best choice. For something a little more encyclopedic after you're done with those (if it's possible to be "done" with Cox's book), my personal favorite more comprehensive reference is Neukirch's Algebraic Number Theory.