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Russia & Georgia : a post-conflict assessment and change in the Russian airborne forces / Nathaniel M. James and Noah E. Wilson, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Russian political, economic and security issues.
- Global political studies series.
- Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues
- Global Political Studies
- Language:
- Egyptian
- Subjects (All):
- Russia (Federation). Vozdushno-desantnye voĭska--Reorganization.
- Russia (Federation).
- South Ossetia War, 2008.
- Georgia (Republic)--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).
- Georgia (Republic).
- Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Georgia (Republic).
- Georgia (Republic)--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Georgia (Republic).
- United States.
- Russia (Federation)--Armed Forces--Airborne troops--Reorganization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (120 pages) : color illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2012.
- Summary:
- In the early 1990s, Georgia and its breakaway South Ossetia region had agreed to a Russian-mediated ceasefire that provided for Russian "peacekeepers" to be stationed in the region. Moscow extended citizenship and passports to most ethnic Ossetians. Simmering long-time tensions escalated on the evening of August 7, 2008, when South Ossetia and Georgia accused each other of launching intense artillery barrages against each other. Georgia claims that South Ossetian forces did not respond to a ceasefire appeal but intensified their shelling, "forcing" Georgia to send in troops. This book provides a post-conflict assessment of the Russian-Georgian conflict of August 2008, with a focus on the implications for U.S. interests and the organisational change in the Russian airborne forces.
- Contents:
- Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008 : context and implications for US interests / Jim Nichol
- Organizational change in the Russian airborne forces : the lessons of the Georgian conflict / Rod Thornton.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62081-380-7
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