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Esperanto As A Second Language

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Esperanto As A Second Language

Esperanto as a Second Language? Well, there was a time U.S. military commanders thought that was a good idea, as these excerpts from an Army field manual show. Seems the brass wanted the would-be international language to be used by one side during training exercises. In fact, "Aggressor" referred to afictitious nation created by the Army to serve as its opponent in these "war games." We doubt Latin was considered for the foe's language, but Klingon would have been a better choice. (13 pages)