Do good fences make good neighbors? : what history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security /
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 fo...
| Основен автор: | Sterling, Brent L., (Author) |
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| Автор-организации: | Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
℗♭2009.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=322278 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Do good fences make good neighbors? |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (354 pages) : maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781589017276 1589017277 |