The tanks of August
By: edited by Ruslan Pukhov ; foreword by David Glantz
Contributors: T ŁSentr analiza strategii  i tekhnologii  (Moscow, Russia)
Publisher: Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Moscow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9785990232013
Subjects: Russian Aerial operations; Military relations; Autonomy and independence movements; Miltary relations; Operational art (Military science); South Ossetia War, 2008; Organization; Armed Forces; Military History; History
Description: The publication of this book coincides with the second anniversary of the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia on August 8-12, 2008, now dubbed the Five Day War. The conflict was triggered by Georgia's ambitious and nationalistic president, Mikhail Saakashvili, who attempted a "blitzkrieg" to conquer the former Georgian autonomy of South Ossetia, which had proclaimed independence. That attempt led to a military intervention by Russia, which acted as the guarantor of peace in the region, and the first "official war" between Russia and one of the former Soviet republics. This work contains six essays, from a primarily Russian perspective, which provide an in-depth analysis of the political, social, economic, and military context for and causes of the war, the nature of wartime military operations, the human and material costs of the brief struggle, and the war's likely implications for the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Georgian army reform under Saakashvili prior to the 2008 Five Day War; title: Timeline of Russian-Georgian hostilities in August 2008; title: Present and future of the Georgian-Russian conflict : the military aspect; title: Russian air losses in the Five Day War against Georgia; title: State of the Georgian army by the end of hostilities; title: Post-war deployment of Russian forces in Abkhazia and South Ossetia; title: Russian and allied losses; title: Known deliveries of military equipment to Georgia in 2000-2009 - Russian armed forces in Georgia (by the end of August 12, 2008; title: Georgian armed forces (by the end of 12 August, 2008).