This book is a comparative study of the EU¿s first military operations which aims to answer the question: under what circumstances does the EU undertake military operations?

1. Introduction: Purpose and Overview 2. The Study of Military Operations 3. The First Operations 4. The non-case of the Lebanon war 2006 5. Operation EUFOR RD Congo 2006 6. Comparing the two main cases: the Lebanon war and Operation EUFOR RD Congo 7. Sahel and Congo DRC, again 8. The Horn of Africa, Northern Africa, Sahel, the Levant (?) 9. Comparative Analysis and Conclusions

Katarina Engberg is Deputy Director General in the Swedish Ministry of Defence. She has a PhD in Peace and Conflict Research from Uppsala University, Sweden. The book is based on her experience as a practitioner and diplomat posted to the EU.