Table of Contents: The guns of August 2008

Other Authors:	Cornell, Svante E., Starr, S. Frederick.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2009]
Physical Description:	xiv, 279 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:	Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Subjects:	National security -- Europe -- Case studies. 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 implications of the Russia-Georgia war European security / James Sherr.