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To: AmericanVoter who started this subject	5/29/2002 4:06:05 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (2) of 770

Walls Throughout History nytimes.com "A century of success would undoubtedly sound good to the Israelis right now. But walls can be circumvented by changes in technology, population pressures on the other side and the mobility and stealth of the enemy. The Great Wall of China was less successful than Hadrian's Wall, according to William H. McNeill, professor emeritus of history at the University of Chicago, because it was too long. The nomads who were China's enemies could move faster on horses than the Chinese infantry, enabling them to mass fighters at any given point along the wall before the Chinese could scurry to repel them. In the end, the Chinese kept their enemies at bay not by blocking them but by reaching political and economic accommodation with them, said Mr. McNeill. "I'm no prophet," he added. "But I think the likelihood that a wall can ease hostilities is not too great."

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