CIAO DATE: 10/2010

Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? What History Teaches Us about Strategic Barriers and International Security

October 2009

Georgetown University Press

Abstract

Table of Contents

Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?: What History Teaches Us about Strategic Barriers and International Security
Brent L. Sterling

1. Introduction

2. Athens' Long Walls: Lifelines to the Sea

3. Hadrian's Wall: Rome's Foremost Frontier Fortification

4. The Ming Great Wall of China: A Dynasty's Unending Pursuit of Security

5. The Pré Carré: Fortifying France's Northeastern Frontier

6. The Maginot Line: France's Great Folly or Reasoned Response to the German Threat

7. The Bar-Lev Line: Citadels in the Sand

8. Conclusion: Lessons Learned about the Use and Abuse of Strategic Defenses

Selected Bibliography
About the Author
Index

 

Secondary Resources:

• Introduction: Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? [PDF] - 430K