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Instructions for American servicemen in Iraq during World War II /

Title
Instructions for American servicemen in Iraq during World War II / [Special Service Division of the Army Service Forces] ; with a new foreword by LTC John A. Nagl.
Author
United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96047716
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007.
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Additional Authors
Nagl, John A., 1966-
Description
xii, 44 p. : ill., map; 16 cm.
Subject
  • Iraq
  • National characteristics, Iraqi
Note
  • "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."
Contents
Introduction -- 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 -- A glossary.
ISBN
  • 9780226841700 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226841707 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007006100
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library