Table of Contents: The guns of August 2008 :

Corporate Author:	Sharpe M. E.
Other Authors:	Cornell, Svante E.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, c2009
Series:	Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Subjects:	National security > Case studies > Europe 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

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