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Laugesen, Amanda Gehrmann, Richard ed. 2020 Communication, Interpreting and Language in Wartime: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Palgrave Macmillan It is certainly the case that "language brokering in conflict zones, has been pervasive throughout human history" ([3], p. 1), and there might have never been a time when the political significance of languages and intercultural communication has been more highlighted than it is today. Partially based on her own insider observations, Stern goes further to discuss complex lexical challenges and cultural differences faced by interpreters to ensure communication accuracy in international and domestic war-crimes trials from the SWW to today. Five contributors in the fourth section "Experiences of Interpreters in Wartime and After" turn our attention to language mediators in both warfare and war-crime trials. [Extracted from the article]