Interpreting the peace : peace operations, conflict and language in Bosnia-Herzegovina /

Analyzing the issues of language that faced international forces carrying out peace operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, this book examines how differences of language were an integral part of the conflicts in the country and in what way the multinational UN and NATO forces faced their own...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kelly, Michael, 1946-
Other Authors:	Baker, Catherine, 1982-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:	Palgrave studies in languages at war.
Subjects:	Translating and interpreting > Bosnia and Hercegovina. Languages in contact > Bosnia and Hercegovina. Peacekeeping forces > Bosnia and Herzegovina. War and society > Bosnia and Hercegovina.

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Summary:	Analyzing the issues of language that faced international forces carrying out peace operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, this book examines how differences of language were an integral part of the conflicts in the country and in what way the multinational UN and NATO forces faced their own problems of communication and language support.
Physical Description:	xi, 237 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781137029836 (hbk.) 1137029838 (hbk.)