The Nrisorgimento, and Contemporary Italy; (5) the Italian Armed
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 055 507 FL 002 638 TITLE Italian: Area Background Information. INSTITUTION Defense Language Inst., Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY Department of Defense, Washington,D.C. REPORT NO 01JT24 PUB DATE Sep 71 NOTE 94p. AVAILABLE FROMDirector, Defense Languaga Institute,Department of the Army, U. S. Naval Station,Anacostia Annex, Washington, D.C. 20390 (With specificpernission) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Armed Forces; *Cultural Education;Demography; *Foreign Countries; Geography: History; *Instruational Materials; Intensive LanguageCourses; *Italian; *Language Instruction; Modern Languages ABSTRACT This booklet has been assembled inorder to provide students of Italian with a compact sourceof cultural information on their target area. Chapters includediscussion of:(1) introduction to Italian; (2) origins of theItalian population; (3) geography; (4) history including the Roman Era, theMiddle Ages, the Renaissance, the nRisorgimento, and ContemporaryItaly;(5) the Italian Armed Forces; and (6) Special Branches of theItalian Army. (EL) ITALIAN VIA Area Background Information U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. Sep tember 1971 DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTrTUTE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE This pamphlet is for use by the faculty, staff and students of theDefense Language Institute solely for official purposes.It is NOT for general distribution. It may NOT be released to other persons, quoted or extracted forpublication, or otherwise copied or distributed without specific permission in each instancefrom the Director, Defense Language Institute. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY- RIGHTED MATERIAL BY MICROFICHE ONLY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 0-44-6- KESSLER 1:11*-6714"1""ERICAND ORGA TIO OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE U.S.
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