Great Powers, Small Wars: Asymmetric Conflict Since 1945. By Deriglazova Larisa. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 408 pp., $60 hardcover (ISBN 978-1-421-41412-6). The share of international relations (IR) studies that focus on asymmetric relations does not match the share of international interactions that are asymmetric. Although we are keen to draw some of our strongest lessons about IR from asymmetric pairings throughout history (for example, the “Melian Dialogue” provides a classic case for IR realist theory [Lattimore 1998]), we have been less cautious in demonstrating why these cases might be fundamentally different from interactions between actors that are symmetric. It is important to take into account asymmetry as asymmetric interactions entail more levels of complexity than interactions between actors that are closer in political, economic, and military strength. In Great Powers, Small Wars: Asymmetric Conflict Since 1945 , Larisa Deriglazova offers a careful and detailed review of the literature and data that inform asymmetric research, while providing a platform for scholars beginning to consider how asymmetry may alter the strategic and tactical space between actors. The book offers a foundation for students either in undergraduate or in graduate studies and can be a tool for scholars who are investigating the field. Additionally, the book offers a framework for analysis with testable hypotheses, although full consideration of these hypotheses involves additional research. The book is relatively concise in presentation by offering its …