Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr

The Guns of August 2008

Russia's War in Georgia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. This book presents facts about the events of August 2008 along with comprehensive coverage of the background to those events.

Produktdetails

• Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780765625083
• ISBN-10: 0765625083
• Artikelnr.: 26607069

Autorenporträt

Cornell, Svante E.; Starr, S. Frederick

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: The Paradox of Living in Paradise: Georgia's Descent into Chaos
3: Georgian-Russian Relations in the 1990s
4: The Russian Leadership's Preparation for War, 1999-2008
5: Georgia's Rose Revolution: The Break with the Past
6: From Neglect to Duress: The West and the Georgian Crisis Before the 2008 War
7: The Saakashvili Administration's Reaction to Russian Policies Before the 2008 War
8: From Sukhumi to Tskhinvali: The Path to War in Georgia
9: After August 7: The Escalation of the Russia-Georgia War
10: Defining Victory and Defeat: The Information War Between Russia and Georgia
11: The Implications of the Russia-Georgia War for European Security