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Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?
Brent L. Sterling
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Description for Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?
hardcover. A number of nations, conspicuously Israel and the United States, have been increasingly attracted to the use of strategic barriers to promote national defense. This book examines the historical use of strategic defences such as walls or fortifications to evaluate their effectiveness and consider their implications for modern security. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694.
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 Neighbours?", defense analyst Brent Sterling examines the historical use of strategic defences such as walls or fortifications to evaluate their effectiveness and consider their implications for modern security. Sterling studies six famous defences 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, Louis XIV's Pre Carre, France's Maginot Line, and Israel's Bar Lev Line. ... Read more
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 Neighbours?", defense analyst Brent Sterling examines the historical use of strategic defences such as walls or fortifications to evaluate their effectiveness and consider their implications for modern security. Sterling studies six famous defences 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, Louis XIV's Pre Carre, France's Maginot Line, and Israel's Bar Lev Line. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589015715
SKU
V9781589015715
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About Brent L. Sterling
Brent L. Sterling is an adjunct lecturer at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He has spent the past twenty years as a defense analyst, including positions at the Central Intelligence Agency and consulting firms that support the Department of Defense.
Reviews for Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?
Sterling's analysis is consistently thorough and thought provoking. He devotes ample time to each case study, providing a balanced review of the political, economic, diplomatic, military, cultural, and other factors that influenced the decision to build strategic defenses. Journal of Homeland Security Takes a rather different and refreshing look... Finely crafted and thoroughly enjoyable... Barrier builders and their critics should ... Read more