LEADER 03047nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910958199203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781589017276 010 $a1589017277 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011199 035 $a(EBL)537044 035 $a(OCoLC)635947357 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416073 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416073 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10419779 035 $a(PQKB)10484220 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537044 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3291 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537044 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389850 035 $a(Perlego)949564 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011199 100 $a20090305d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDo good fences make good neighbors? $ewhat history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security /$fBrent L. Sterling 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $a"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University." 311 08$a9781589015715 311 08$a1589015711 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aA 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, 606 $aFortification$xHistory 606 $aNational security$xHistory 606 $aSecurity, International 615 0$aFortification$xHistory. 615 0$aNational security$xHistory. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 676 $a355/.033 700 $aSterling$b Brent L$01143275 712 02$aGeorgetown University.$bCenter for Peace and Security Studies. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958199203321 996 $aDo good fences make good neighbors$94366120 997 $aUNINA