In what we are still prone to call the "post-Cold War period," Americans continue to have a difficult time sorting their way through first-order strategic questions. At the same time, there is a vast legacy of scholarly journals of strategy and politics, formerly given to dissecting every twitch of the former Soviet empire, its leadership and military. There is an even more immense mound of literature published by think tanks and research universities. All told, there's more ink chasing fewer good ideas; separating the wheat from the chaff has never been harder.

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/02/1813804