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Author Sterling, Brent L., author.
Title Do good fences make good neighbors? : what history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security / Brent L. Sterling.
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2009.


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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.
ISBN 9781589017276 (electronic bk.)
1589017277 (electronic bk.)
1589015711 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781589015715 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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Author Sterling, Brent L., author.
Subject Security, International.
Fortification -- History.
National security -- History.
Alt author Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.
Descript 1 online resource (354 pages) : maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003
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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.
ISBN 9781589017276 (electronic bk.)
1589017277 (electronic bk.)
1589015711 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781589015715 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Author Sterling, Brent L., author.
Subject Security, International.
Fortification -- History.
National security -- History.
Alt author Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.

Subject Security, International.
Fortification -- History.
National security -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (354 pages) : maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003
data file
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.
Alt author Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.
ISBN 9781589017276 (electronic bk.)
1589017277 (electronic bk.)
1589015711 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781589015715 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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