@article{37515, 
year={2008},
issn={1972-5191},
journal={FUTURIBILI},
number={2-3},
volume={},
doi={10.3280/FU2008-002013},
title={Iraq: la battaglia della lingua},
abstract={<em> Iraq - the language battle</em> -  Lost in translation in Baghdad: five years of conflict seen as a language conflict, or a missed encounter. A poor grasp of Arabic - often an inability or refusal to utter the even the simplest greeting - and the scarcity of decent interpreters in the American forces have proved to be a significant and long-neglected factor in the widening divide between the invader-liberators and the local population. And consequently in the difficulty in winning over hearts and minds at the expense of the insurgents. This is a study of the language factor in the resolution, or the festering, of asymmetrical wars past and present.}
url={http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=37515},
author={Michele Farina}
pages={129-133},
language={IT}}