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

• Autore: Sterling Brent L
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.033
• Soggetto topico: Fortification - History; National security - History; Security, International
• Note generali: "In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Do good fences make good neighbors
• ISBN: 9781589017276; 1589017277
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958199203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II