The Guns of August 2008

Informationen zum Autor Cornell, Svante E.; Starr, S. Frederick Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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, 19992008; 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

Autorentext
Cornell, Svante E.; Starr, S. Frederick

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
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, 19992008; 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

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