This is Paul Doe’s second book. His first was ‘Dividing up the World; the true story of our international borders and why they are where they are’, also published by The Conrad Press. He was awarded a MBE in 2016.

• Chapter One It all stops at the border5Chapter Two A borderless world33Chapter Three Life along the hardest of borders65Chapter Four Doing business on the far frontier97Chapter Five Rivalry over the border130Chapter Six Torn into two164Chapter Seven Living apart together194Chapter Eight The towns ‘doomed to each other’225Chapter Nine Invisible borders257Bibliography290Acknowledgements304

This is Paul Doe’s second book. His first was ‘Dividing up the World; the true story of our international borders and why they are where they are’, also published by The Conrad Press. He was awarded a MBE in 2016.

• Chapter One It all stops at the border5Chapter Two A borderless world33Chapter Three Life along the hardest of borders65Chapter Four Doing business on the far frontier97Chapter Five Rivalry over the border130Chapter Six Torn into two164Chapter Seven Living apart together194Chapter Eight The towns ‘doomed to each other’225Chapter Nine Invisible borders257Bibliography290Acknowledgements304

This is Paul Doe’s second book. His first was ‘Dividing up the World; the true story of our international borders and why they are where they are’, also published by The Conrad Press. He was awarded a MBE in 2016.

• Chapter One It all stops at the border5Chapter Two A borderless world33Chapter Three Life along the hardest of borders65Chapter Four Doing business on the far frontier97Chapter Five Rivalry over the border130Chapter Six Torn into two164Chapter Seven Living apart together194Chapter Eight The towns ‘doomed to each other’225Chapter Nine Invisible borders257Bibliography290Acknowledgements304