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Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Operations: Policy, Practice and Professionalization
Jones, Ian; Askew, Louise
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Description for Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Operations: Policy, Practice and Professionalization
paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
After 40 years of Cold War, NATO found itself intervening in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan, where the ability to communicate with local people was essential to the success of the missions. This book explains how the Alliance responded to this challenge so as to ensure that the missions did not fail through lack of understanding.
After 40 years of Cold War, NATO found itself intervening in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan, where the ability to communicate with local people was essential to the success of the missions. This book explains how the Alliance responded to this challenge so as to ensure that the missions did not fail through lack of understanding.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349457328
SKU
V9781349457328
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99-15
About Jones, Ian; Askew, Louise
Ian P. Jones joined NATO as a linguist in 1976. He served as Head of the Linguistic Service at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) from 1989 to 2011 and was responsible for coordinating the Linguistic Services in the Alliance's permanent and peace support operation headquarters. Louise Askew has worked as a linguist for the US Government, the ... Read more
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