TY - BOOK AU - Cornell,Svante E. AU - Starr,S.Frederick TI - The guns of August,: Russia's war in Georgia T2 - Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus SN - 9780765625076 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - DK 676.9.R8 G86.2009 PY - 2009///, CY - Armonk, N.Y. PB - M.E. Sharpe KW - South Ossetia War, 2008 KW - Guerra de Osetia del Sur, 2008 KW - Osetia del Sur (Georgia) - KW - Historia militar - KW - Siglo XXI KW - National security KW - Europe KW - Case studies KW - Seguridad nacional KW - Europa - KW - Estudio de casos KW - Georgia (Republic) KW - Military relations KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Georgia (República) - KW - Relaciones militares - KW - Rusia (Federación) KW - Rusia (Federación) - KW - Georgia (República) KW - Foreign relations KW - South Ossetia (Georgia) KW - History, Military KW - 21st century KW - Abkhazia (Georgia) KW - Abjasia (Georgia) - KW - Historia militar KW - Caucasus, South KW - Cáucaso de Sur - KW - Relaciones exteriores KW - Military policy KW - Política militar N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; 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 ER -