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stability between Russia and America’ for the purpose of ‘broadening and deepening the non-proliferation regime’ (p. 89). Chapter seven proposes a ‘thought experiment’, where eight Asian nuclear states are hypothesised for the year 2020. This chapter investigates potential force characteristics and operational assumptions before discussing their impact on the reliability of future deterrence relationships between the states in question. In light of the fact that Russia’s ballistic missile submarines only conducted three patrols in 2007 (p. 129), the final chapter provides a detailed analysis of whether the retirement of one leg of Moscow’s nuclear triad would be dangerous for deterrence. In this respect, Cimbala highlights the importance of political context as well as military capabilities. The book’s consistent allusion to the links between US Russian relations, technology and proliferation makes it a valuable and unique contribution to the literature on post-Cold War nuclear stability. The only weakness that can be identified is the writer’s over-emphasis of the various differences between the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. For example, when discussing about Asia, Cimbala argues that nuclear proliferation is likely to be less constrained in the absence of the bipolar ‘bloc discipline’ that characterised the Cold War (p. 116). This slightly obscures the fact that horizontal proliferation was actually more frequent during the Cold War than it has been since. He also draws attention to the post-Cold War challenge of unconventional warfare and adversaries ‘who play by no particular rules of war’ (p. 36). This neglects the fact that the Soviets (particularly Khrushchev) were very active in promoting so-called ‘national liberation wars’ as a means of undermining the US position in the Cold War, most memorably in Vietnam. That being said, the frequent references to the Cold War could also be cited as one of the book’s major strengths. Detailed examples of Cold War experiences such as the Cuban Missile Crisis provide the reader with precedents within which current events can be considered. Overall, this is a very well-written and diligently researched book that deserves to be read by scholars and students interested in the topic.