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The Guarded Age: Fortification in the Twenty-First Century
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- Guarded Age : Fortification in the Twenty-first Century
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
1509544054
ISBN-13
9781509544059
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24060618804
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
Guarded Age : Fortification in the Twenty-First Century
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Subject
Military Science, Intelligence & Espionage
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Technology & Engineering
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
"Betz manages to unearth a transformation under our noses: even as castles and fortresses become tourist spots and museums, the world is growing more thoroughly fortified than ever. Both comprehensive and detailed, this book is a vital resource for anyone who wants to understand the shape of security today." Jonathan D. Askonas, The Center for the Study of Statesmanship at the Catholic University of America "Informed by history but applied to the contemporary era, The Guarded Age provides a novel and insightful conceptualisation of fortification strategies. Lucid and engaging, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of fortification." David Blagden, University of Exeter "Of Sparta people said that, having men to defend it, it did not need walls. Today, as The Guarded Age shows, walls, visible and invisible, physical and electronic, are going up in countless places, from private homes to airfields. So what does the construction of walls portend for the future? A superb book, timely, clear, and as well written as any book I've ever seen." Martin van Creveld, Hebrew University "In this intriguing book, David J. Betz analyses the proliferation of fortifications across the world today. He fuses a sharp autobiographical eye with deep historical awareness to show that, while urban fortifications are a response to immediate threats posed by globalization, they are old and, indeed, ancient solutions to an eternal problem of security which human societies have faced since the foundation of the very first cities." Anthony King, author of Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century " The Guarded Age identifies an important development that has escaped much notice: the resurgence of modern-day barriers, bastions, impediments, and "hardening" as a security measure. Whether it takes the form of limiting access, channeling movement along observable or guarded paths, or hiving off areas from outside access, the construction of physical barriers continues today at a breakneck pace. David J. Betz describes the rise of this defensive strategy, offering important insights into our unexpected and little recognized turn towards "fortification", a security practice that many believe lost its luster in the late Middle Ages." James J. Wirtz, Naval Postgraduate School
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
690.22
Table Of Content
List of Figures Preface Introduction 1 The Rise of the Walls 2 Civilisation, War, and Guardedness 3 Contemporary Military Fortification 4 Storming the City 5 Securing the City 6 Hiding in Plain Sight 7 Luxury Forts to Data Bunkers Conclusion Further Reading Notes
Synopsis
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 came to symbolize the dawn of a new era of openness and connectivity. Yet today, the world is ever more divided, demarcated, and - quite literally - fortified. We are living in a guarded age. Why and how has this happened? Where will it take us? In this book, David J. Betz explores the expansion of fortified physical infrastructure at every level of the global political economy. In cities, where security is increasingly 'designed in' to public buildings and spaces as they are reshaped to mitigate mass terror attacks. Within corporations, who are burying their electronic assets in deep underground caverns and behind the leaded walls of ex-nuclear war bunkers against a range of threats and feared contingencies. In many urban areas, where the default condition of civil life is to be walled, gated, watched, and guarded. Year after year, hundreds of miles of linear obstacles - walls, ditches, and watchtowers - are added to national borders. Practically everywhere you look there are signs of innovative fortification, often designed to be overlooked. The Guarded Age reveals the barriers which most have observed but few - until reading this book - have truly seen.
LC Classification Number
UG408
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