Learning and foreign policy: Sweeping a conceptual minefield

International Organization

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 279-312

  Levy, Jack S ^a  

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EID: 84971840180     PISSN: 00208183     EISSN: 15315088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818300028198     Document Type: Review

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