At the end of the Cold War security concerns are more about regional and civil conflicts than nuclear or Eurasian global wars. Stephen Cimbala argues that deterrence characteristics of the pre-Cold War period will in the 21st century again become normative.

Choice- " Cimbala has embraced a complex subject, and his thorough analysis is indicative of the complicated nature of security requirements in the post-Cold War world"
Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement- " Professor Cimbala wrote a well-researched and very readable book