Maginot

‡ The expression Maginot mentality refers to any military strategy that is exclusively defensive and therefore flawed.

Maginot line 2002

If you read the history of World War II, you will find references to something called the Maginot Line.

Iraq and a hard place Steven Barnes 2008

As the country, determined never again to let Germany violate its territory, constructed a 150-mile barrier of forts and bunkers called the Maginot Line, fascismof the homegrown varietyentered by the back door.

The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

As the country, determined never again to let Germany violate its territory, constructed a 150-mile barrier of forts and bunkers called the Maginot Line, fascismof the homegrown varietyentered by the back door.

The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

André Maginot (1877-1932), four times French minister of war; advocate of military preparedness under whom the fortifications on the eastern French border known as the Maginot

Ludwig Quidde - Nobel Lecture 1927

At the agency, senior officials preferred to rely on polygraphs-lie detectors-as a kind of Maginot line against KGB penetration.

How Ames Fooled The Cia 2008

As Italy has the third-biggest debt market in the world after America and Japan, a bailout package that protects the vulnerable southern flank of Europe looks more and more like a Maginot line.

George Papandreou: an all too final stand | Editorial 2011

Less than five weeks later the French surrendered when the Maginot Line was outflanked by German Panzer tanks.

George Weiner: Blitzkrieg and Lessons From Egypt George Weiner 2011

Less than five weeks later the French surrendered when the Maginot Line was outflanked by German Panzer tanks.

George Weiner: Blitzkrieg and Lessons From Egypt George Weiner 2011

Google Docs has security that makes the Maginot Line look impregnable (check) 3.

Will Google Win When Microsoft Kills Office 2000? 2009