The Language of war
By: WHMM ; Center for Defense Information ; produced by Mark Sugg
Contributors: Center for Defense Information (Washington, D.C.); WHMM-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: The Center
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Military art and science; Terminology; English language; Jargon (Terminology); Government jargon
Other titles: America's defense monitor (Television program)
Description: Discusses how the Pentagon officials obfuscate their activities through the use of misleading or euphemistic phrases in an effort to influence civilian attitudes, for example, calling an invasion a "pre-dawn vertical insertion."
Notes: Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program, America's defense monitor, July 29, 1990.

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