26.433, Books: Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Operations: Jones, Askew

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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:09:32
From: Stephanie Morgan [Stephanie.Morgan at palgrave.com]
Subject: Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Operations: Jones, Askew

 


Title: Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Operations 
Subtitle: Policy, Practice and Professionalization 
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War  

Publication Year: 2014 
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
	   http://www.palgrave.com
	

Book URL: http://bit.ly/1BiH6X2 


Author: Ian Jones
Author: Louise Askew

Hardback: ISBN:  9781137312556 Pages: 248 Price: U.K. £ 63.00


Abstract:

After 40 years of Cold War, during which it never carried out a 'live'
operation, NATO suddenly found itself intervening in three conflicts – in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan – where the ability to communicate
with local officials and populations was essential to the success of the
missions. It was largely unprepared for this, leading to confusion and
improvisation. This book explains how the Alliance responded to the language
and cultural challenges it faced and how one man led efforts to reorganize and
professionalize NATO's translation and interpretation support on the ground so
as to ensure that the missions did not fail through lack of understanding. The
book contrasts these challenges with the situation during the Cold War period
and outlines NATO's language policy and practices, including the growing
dominance of the English language. It finally recounts how NATO eventually
developed a coherent doctrine on linguist support for military operations.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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