Is this book good to learn olympiad level number theory?

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I'm an undergraduate student and I would like to learn olympiad level-number theory. For what I've read, Number theory: Structures, Examples and Problems is a great book, however, I'm not sure it is a good book to learn the subject. I've skimmed through the first pages and it seems that some of the problems require one to have a little knowledge of number theory, but I'm not completely sure about it. I would like a book that gives you strong background and also I would like that the book doesn't need any abstract algebra knowledge to be read (I have almost zero knowledge of abstract algebra) and if possible, a book that offers hard problems (like those encountered in olympiads).

Also, I would like to add that, at least right now, I'd like to learn number theory to participate in an olympiad.

I'd also like to add that I didn't consider 104 Number Theory Problems: From the Training of the USA IMO Team because I read somewhere (I think it was in the AoPS site) that it is more a "problem book".

Thank you for your help!

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