Instructions for American servicemen in Iraq during World War II / [Special Service Division of the Army Service Forces] ; with a new foreword by John A. Nagl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States Army, John A., Author.

United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division.

Contributor:

Nagl, John A., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Iraqi.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"American success or failure in Iraq may well depend on whether the Iraqis like American soldiers or not." The U.S. military could certainly have used that bit of wisdom in 2003, as violence began to eclipse the Iraq War's early successes. Ironically, had the Army only looked in its own archives, they would have found it-that piece of advice is from a manual the U.S. War Department handed out to American servicemen posted in Iraq back in 1943. The advice in Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq during World War II, presented here in a new f

Contents:

What is this Iraq?

Meet the people

The country

The Moslems

Iraqi customs and manners

The language

Climate and health

Currency, weights and measures

Some important do's and don'ts

Hints on pronouncing Arabic

Useful words and phrases.

Notes:

"Pages 1-44 of this book are a facsimile of a "pocket guide" prepared by the Special Service Division of the Army Service Forces, United States Army in 1943."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 12. Dez 2020)

ISBN:

9786611966713

9781281966711

1281966711

9780226841762

0226841766

OCLC:

476228551