WarTalk: Foreign Languages and the British War Effort in Europe, 1940-47

By Simona Tobia and Hilary Footitt

Book Overview

Offering a new perspective on the British experience of the Second World War in Europe, this book provides a series of snapshots of the role which languages played in the key processes of British war-making, moving from frameworks of perception and intelligence gathering, through to liberation/occupation, and on to the aftermath of conflict.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230362885
• ISBN13: 9780230362888
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"