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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101472850998

ISBN-139781472850997

eBay Product ID (ePID)17057270764

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Book TitleRussia's Five-Day War : the Invasion of Georgia, August 2008

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / Eastern, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern / 21st Century, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes, Shumate, Johnny

GenreHistory

AuthorMark Galeotti

Book SeriesElite Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length5.5 in

Item Width7.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"This book augments the Georgia War chapter in the writer's recent Osprey release "Putin's Wars" with extra information, photos and eight detailed uniform plates. Recommended." -- Tankette "I came away from this book far more informed than I was before I read it and I recommend it to those with an interest in this topic or as a primer." -- Army Rumour Service, This book augments the Georgia War chapter in the writer's recent Osprey release "Putin's Wars" with extra information, photos and eight detailed uniform plates. Recommended., "This book augments the Georgia War chapter in the writer's recent Osprey release "Putin's Wars" with extra information, photos and eight detailed uniform plates. Recommended." - Tankette

Series Volume Number250

Dewey Decimal947.58086

Table Of ContentINTRODUCTION - Background - Medvedev's War? REFORMING THE GEORGIAN ARMY - Expenditure - Contingents for multi-national forces and Western training - Rearmament - Contradictory doctrine - Additional armed personnel - Organization of infantry brigades - Georgian Army order of battle, August 2008 RUSSIAN & ALLIED FORCES - Forces in readiness and in place - South Ossetian forces - Abkhazian forces THE STRATEGY OF TENSION THE WAR: DAY ONE, AUGUST 8 - The Georgian plan - Major-General Zaza Gogava - Initial bombardment - Confusion in Moscow - The advance on Tskhinvali - Street fighting - The turning-point - The Russian ground advance DAY TWO, AUGUST 9 - Moscow strikes back DAYS THREE TO FIVE, AUGUST 10-12 - The South Ossetian front - Russian order of battle - Continuing Russian advance - Georgian failures of command - Ceasefire - The Abkhaz front - Russian order of battle - The Kodori Gorge THE WAR IN THE AIR - The combatants - Operations and losses THE WAR AT SEA - The naval combatants - Operations and losses ANALYSIS - Summary - Georgia - Russia AFTERMATH - Russian gains - Georgians in Afghanistan FURTHER READING INDEX

SynopsisA fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms., A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which 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 which led 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. But 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., Since becoming President of Russia in 2000, Vladimir Putin has striven to re-assert Moscow's influence over former Soviet states in Russia's "Near Abroad." In 2008, responding to Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili's open ambitions to attach Georgia to the Western world, the Kremlin manipulated a secessionist movement In the Georgian region of South Ossetia to provoke Saakashvili into armed action. When Georgia launched its military incursion into South Ossetia on August 8, Russia struck back hard. Although the outnumbered Georgians signed a damaging peace agreement after a matter of days, this "Five-Day War" revealed serious flaws in Russia's military readiness - not fully eradicated by the time of Putin's invasion into Ukraine in February 2022. In this book, Dr. Mark Galeotti, an internationally known expert on Russian military and security affairs, provides an in-depth and informed analysis of the Georgian conflict. With the aid of rare photographs and detailed color artwork of the uniforms, insignia, and weapons employed by both regular and irregular combatants, he presents a compelling and cautionary account of Russia's Five-Day War in Georgia.

LC Classification NumberDK675.4