Languages and the military
Subtitle: alliances, occupation and peace building
By: edited by Hilary Footitt, Michael Kelly
Series: Palgrave studies in languages at war
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780230365513
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics; Linguists; Translating services; Social aspects; Translating and interpreting; Military Communications; Postwar reconstruction; Combined operations (Military science); Case studies; HISTORY / Social History; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting; Military History; Armed Forces
Description: For the first time, this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building, through detailed case studies from Ireland, Britain, France, Finland, Slovenia, Korea, Bosnia and Cyprus, ranging from the eighteenth century until today. It adopts a multidisciplinary perspective, bringing together academic researchers and practitioners -- from the military, and from the museum and interpreting worlds. The book raises key issues about communication, identity and representation in war, and argues that the complex linguistic dimensions of conflict and peace operations are of major relevance to military planners, civilian agencies, museums and the media.