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The guns of August 2008 : Russia's war in Georgia /

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"In the summer of 2008, a conflict that appeared to have begun in the breakaway Georgian territory of South Ossetia rapidly escalated to become the most significant crisis in European security in a decade. The implications of the Russian-Georgian war will be understood differently depending on...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cornell, Svante E., Starr, S. Frederick
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2009]
Series:Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Subjects:
Georgia (Republic) > Military relations > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) > Military relations > Georgia (Republic)
Georgia (Republic) > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > Georgia (Republic)
South Ossetia (Georgia) > History, Military > 21st century.
Abkhazia (Georgia) > History, Military > 21st century.
Caucasus, South > History, Military > 21st century.
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations.
Russia (Federation) > Military policy.
National security > Europe > Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • The paradox of living in paradise : Georgia's descent into chaos / Thomas Goltz
  • Georgian-Russian relations in the 1990s / Thornike Gordadze
  • The Russian leadership's preparation for war, 1999-2008 / Andrei Illarionov
  • Georgia's Rose Revolution : the break with the past / Niklas Nilsson
  • From neglect to duress : the West and the Georgian crisis before the 2008 war / Stephen Blank
  • The Saakashvili administration's reaction to Russian policies before the 2008 war / David Smith
  • From Sukhumi to Tskhinvali : the path to war in Georgia / Johanna Popjanevski
  • After August 7 : the escalation of the Russia-Georgia war / Pavel Felgenhauer
  • Defining victory and defeat : the information war between Russia and Georgia / Paul Goble
  • The external implications of the Russia-Georgia war / James Sherr.