‘Human beings wish to be safe’: David Betz on walls, war, and the failed promise of the post-Cold War era

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28 Mar 24

David Betz, a professor of modern warfare at King’s College London, discusses his interesting book, The Guarded Age: Fortification in the Twenty-First Century.

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