Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr

The Guns of August 2008 (eBook, ePUB)

Russia's War in Georgia

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317456520
• Artikelnr.: 42188051

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