02996nam 2200589Ia 450 991045837330332120200520144314.01-58901-727-7(CKB)2560000000011199(EBL)537044(OCoLC)635947357(SSID)ssj0000416073(PQKBManifestationID)11297122(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416073(PQKBWorkID)10419779(PQKB)10484220(MiAaPQ)EBC537044(MdBmJHUP)muse3291(Au-PeEL)EBL537044(CaPaEBR)ebr10389850(EXLCZ)99256000000001119920090305d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDo good fences make good neighbors?[electronic resource] what history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security /Brent L. SterlingWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20091 online resource (369 p.)"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."1-58901-571-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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,FortificationHistoryNational securityHistorySecurity, InternationalElectronic books.FortificationHistory.National securityHistory.Security, International.355/.033Sterling Brent L931059Georgetown University.Center for Peace and Security Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458373303321Do good fences make good neighbors2094392UNINA