The guns of August 2008  Russia's war in Georgia /  [electronic resource] : 
Svante E. Cornell & S. Frederick Starr, editors. 
 - Armonk, N.Y. :  M.E. Sharpe,  c2009. 
 - xiv, 279 p., [10] p. of plates :  ill. 
 - Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus .
 - Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National security--Europe--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Georgia (Republic)--Military relations--Russia (Federation)<br/>Russia (Federation)--Military relations--Georgia (Republic)<br/>Georgia (Republic)--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation)<br/>Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Georgia (Republic)<br/>South Ossetia (Georgia)--History, Military--21st century.<br/>Abkhazia (Georgia)--History, Military--21st century.<br/>Caucasus, South--History, Military--21st century.<br/>Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.<br/>Russia (Federation)--Military policy.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DK676.9.R8  / G86 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>947.5808/62