- Additional Authors
- Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.
- Description
- 1 online resource (354 p.) : maps.
- Uniform Title
- Do good fences make good neighbors? (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Do good fences make good neighbors? (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- "In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-336) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2009008624
- OCLC
- ssj0000416073
- Author
Sterling, Brent L.
- Title
Do good fences make good neighbors? [electronic resource] : what history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security / Brent L. Sterling.
- Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-336) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.