Languages and the military Alliances, occupation and peace building /

Through detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today,this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building. It brings together academic researchers and practitioners from the museum and interpreting worlds and the military.

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Group Author: Footitt, Hilary, 1948-; Kelly, Michael, 1946-
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137033086
Summary: Through detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today,this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building. It brings together academic researchers and practitioners from the museum and interpreting worlds and the military.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230365513, 2012.
Carrier Form: 264 p. : 1 figures, 3.
ISBN: 9780230365513
9781137033086 :
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CLC: H0
Contents: Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Languages and the Military: Alliances, Occupation and Peace-Building-- H.Footitt One Army, Many Languages: Foreign Troops and Linguistic Diversity in the Eighteenth-Century French Military-- C.Tozzi 'Amidst Clamour and Confusion': Civilian and Military Linguists at War in the Franco-Irish Campaigns Against Britain (1792-1804)-- S.Kleinman Fighting Together: Language Issues in the Military Coordination of First World War Allied Coalition Warfare-- F.Heimburger Languages at War: a UK Ministry of Defence Perspective-- J.Lewis The Language Policy of the Italian Army in the Occupied Slovenian Territories, 1915-17-- P.Svoljsak Mediating for the Third Reich: On Military Translation Cultures in World War II in Northern Finland-- P.Kujamaki When Bosnia was a Commonwealth Country: British Forces and Their Interpreters in Republika Srpska, 1995-2007-- C.Baker A Bilingual Officer Remembers Korea: a Closer Look at Untrained Interpreters in the Korean War-- M.M.F.Sanchez Victims of War: Refugees' First Contacts with the British in the Second World War-- S.Tobia Jailtacht: the Irish Language and the Conflict in Northern Ireland-- D.M.G.Chriost The AIIC Project to Help Interpreters in Conflict Areas-- L.Fitchett Learning the Language of 'The Other' in Conflict-Ridden Cyprus: Exploring Barriers and Possibilities-- C.Charalambous Resolving Conflict via English: the British Council's Peacekeeping English Project-- P.Hare & N.Fletcher Did Serbo-Croat Die with Yugoslavia?: a Different View of Language and Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina-- L.Askew Exhibiting the 'Foreign' in a National Museum: Imperial War Museum London and Languages at War-- J.Taylor Conclusion: Communication, Identity and Representation Through Languages in War-- M.Kelly Index.