The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia
, by Cornell,Svante E.- ISBN: 9780765625076 | 0765625075
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 7/15/2009
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. The implications of the Russian-Georgian war will be understood differently depending on one's narrative of what transpired and perspective on the broader context.



