Title page
Contents
Acknowledgements 5
Introduction 8
National Interests 11
Methods 15
Case selection 15
Grading 16
Cases 17
1. First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988-1994) 18
2. Vietnam War (1955-1975) 22
3. First Indochina War (1946-1954) 27
4. 2014 Invasion of Donbas (2014-2015) 31
5. The Korean War (1950-1953) 35
6. Finnish Continuation War (1941-1944) 39
7. Cambodia-Vietnam War (1977-1991) 43
8. World War II: Western Front (1939-1945) 47
Conclusion 51
Endnotes 66