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008 090305s2009 dcu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009008624
020 $a9781589015715 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 0 $aocn316034542
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aJZ5588$b.S745 2009
082 00 $a355/.033$222
100 1 $aSterling, Brent L.
245 10 $aDo good fences make good neighbors? :$bwhat history teaches us about strategic barriers and international security /$cBrent L. Sterling.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bGeorgetown University Press,$c2009.
300 $a354 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $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.
650 0 $aSecurity, International.
650 0 $aFortification$xHistory.
650 0 $aNational security$xHistory.
710 2 $aGeorgetown University.$bCenter for Peace and Security Studies.
730 0 $aProject Muse UPCC books$5net
988 $a20091224
906 $0DLC