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Do good fences make good neighbors? : what history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security  Cover Image Book Book

Do good fences make good neighbors? : what history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security / Brent L. Sterling.

Summary:

"A number of nations, conspicuously Israel and the United States, have been increasingly attracted to the use of strategic barriers to promote national defense. Defense analyst Brent Sterling examines the historical use of strategic defenses such as walls or fortifications to evaluate their impact and consider their implications for modern security."--[jacket cover]

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781589015715 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1589015711 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 354 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-336) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Athens' long walls: lifelines to the sea -- Hadrian's wall: Rome's foremost frontier fortification -- The Ming Great Wall of China: a dynasty's unending pursuit of security -- The Pre Carre: fortifying France's northeastern frontier -- The Maginot line: France's great folly or reasoned response to the German threat -- The Bar-Lev line: citadels in the sand -- Conclusion: lessons learned about the use and abuse of strategic defenses.
Subject: Security, International.
Fortification > History.
National security > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library JZ 5588 .S745 2009 30541097 General Collection Available -


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