Even though knowing and learning a new language is a neccesary requisite in order to work in a foreing country, it is not enough. Other kind of trainning requires to go abroad and work in a different country with different not only language, but culture.
The experience of the U.S government and businnes personnel working overseas after Wolrd Warr II show how the culutral difference is something so important for people to understand each other. People interpet reality and even languae accoring to certain paramenters influenced by social and cultural background.
How did the 1898 Treaty of Paris shift the balance of power in the world? It imposed unpopular war reparations that contributed to the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. It ushered in an extended period of isolationism by the United States and European powers.
