| Description |
1 online resource (354 pages) : maps |
| Note |
"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Print version record. |
| 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. In Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?, defense analyst Brent Sterling examines the historical use of strategic defenses such as walls or fortifications to evaluate their effectiveness and consider their implications for modern security. Sterling studies six famous defenses spanning 2,500 years, representing both democratic and authoritarian regimes: the Long Walls of Athens, Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain, the Ming Great Wall of China. |
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Security, International.
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Fortification -- History.
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National security -- History.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
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Fortification. (OCoLC)fst00933024
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National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
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Security, International. (OCoLC)fst01110895
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sterling, Brent L. Do good fences make good neighbors? Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2009 9781589015715 (DLC) 2009008624 (OCoLC)316034542 |
| ISBN |
9781589017276 (electronic bk.) |
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1589017277 (electronic bk.) |
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