Guide Book for Use of U.S. Military Instructors of Foreign Military Students

• Other Authors: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1952
• Subjects: Sociology and Law; Humanities and History; Geography; Military Forces and Organizations; *CULTURE; *GEOGRAPHY; *HANDBOOKS; *HISTORY; *INSTRUCTORS; ARGENTINA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; BURMA; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; CHINA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; DENMARK; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; EL SALVADOR; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; GREECE; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HONDURAS; ICELAND; INDONESIA; IRAN; ITALY; KOREA; LUXEMBOURG; MALAYA; MEXICO; MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN); MILITARY PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; NICARAGUA; NORWAY; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PHILIPPINES; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHWEST ASIA; SPAIN; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; THAILAND; TURKEY; UNITED KINGDOM; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA; WEST GERMANY; WEST INDIES; YUGOSLAVIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CULTURAL AWARENESS; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; INDO-CHINA; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN ASIA; Argentina; Canada; Norway; Uruguay; Iceland; North Atlantic
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As an instructor of foreign military students, you have accepted both privileges and responsibilities. It is your privilege to meet and know people from other countries; it is your responsibility to further friendship between your country and the lands of your students. The purpose of this booklet is to give a brief background of the countries represented by your guests, to provide the basis for an understanding, sympathetic, and mutually profitable relationship. Most of your students will be typical of the capable military personnel of their respective countries. A prerequisite for selection was a speaking knowledge of English. This may, however, be textbook or formal English; remember that few of them will be able to speak or to understand colloquialisms. Give them a fair chance. Remember, too, that customs differ all over the world, which does not mean that the people of one country-or the customs they follow-are any better than those of another country. For your convenience, the chapters of this booklet have been alphabetically arranged in accordance with geographical location of the countries. For example, the Latin American reports are broken into three groups; the Caribbean lands, the Central American countries (in which section Mexico has been included, arbitrarily), and the South American republics. Both contents and index have been included to simplify reference to the booklet.