Mark Galeotti
Russia's Five-Day War: The invasion of Georgia, August 2008
Russia's Five-Day War: The invasion of Georgia, August 2008
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The Russian Army invaded Georgia in 2008, revealing serious military weaknesses and incompetence, and the NATO-trained and partly Western-equipped Georgian Army put up a more successful local resistance than Russia had expected. Mark Galeotti's book provides a vivid snapshot of the conflict and an in-depth analysis of the Russian, Georgian, Abkhazian and South Ossetian forces.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 64 pages
Publication date: 16 March 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008 was a fascinating account of strategic mistakes that prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms. After Georgia's independence from Russia in 1991, President Saakashvili invited NATO advisers to assist in military reforms. Separatist groups in Georgia's border provinces rebelled, leading to fighting in South Ossetia during August 2008. The Russian Army invaded Georgia alongside these forces, stripped it of these rebellious provinces, and garrisoned them to maintain a threat over Georgia. However, despite the inevitable outcome of this hugely unbalanced conflict, it revealed serious Russian military weaknesses and incompetence, and the NATO-trained and partly Western-equipped Georgian Army put up a much more successful local resistance than Russia had expected. The conflict also demonstrated the first use of Russian cyber-warfare and its so-called "hybrid warfare" doctrine. Author Mark Galeotti is an expert in the field of international relations and a former Foreign Office adviser on Russian security affairs. In this book, he provides a vivid snapshot of the Russian, Georgian, Abkhazian, and South Ossetian forces and gives an in-depth analysis of the conflict. Using meticulous color artwork for uniforms, insignia, and equipment, rare photographs, and detailed fact-boxes for significant units and individuals, this book is a compelling guide to Russia's Five-Day War in Georgia.
Weight: 222g
Dimension: 184 x 248 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472850997
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