The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in GeorgiaRoutledge, 2015 M01 28 - 224 pages 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 one's narrative of what transpired and perspective on the broader context. This book is designed to present the facts about the events of August 2008 along with comprehensive coverage of the background to those events. It brings together a wealth of expertise on the South Caucasus and Russian foreign policy, with contributions by Russian, Georgian, European, and American experts on the region. |
Contents
1952 | |
1973 | |
GeorgianRussian Relations in the 1990s | |
The Russian Leaderships Preparation for War 19992008 | |
The Break with the Past | |
The West and the Georgian Crisis Before the 2008 | |
The Path to War in Georgia | |
The Escalation of the RussiaGeorgia | |
The Information War Between Russia and Georgia | |
The Implications of the RussiaGeorgia War for European Security | |
Index | |
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