The Tongue-Tied American: Confronting the Foreign Language Crisis

By Paul Simon

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826404049
• ISBN13: 9780826404046
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Senator Simon Was Ahead Of His Time

How were Americans convinced that the Iraqi's had weapons of mass destruction? Through lack of familiarity with foreign languages and cultures -- that 's how. In this well researched and well written volume Senator Simon outlined years ago the potential military and diplomatic costs of America's monolingual, monocultural world view. Are the American people ready to listen to him yet?