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The Empire Strikes Back: Russia and the East-West
The Empire Strikes Back: Russia and the East-West

Author(s): John Jack Rooney
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Přítomnost

Summary/Abstract: When Russian tanks rolled into South Ossetia’s capital of Tskhinvali in August of last year, a bitter reality dawned on Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili as he realized there would be no Western military intervention and there would be no stopping the Russian army running roughshod over his country’s key infrastructure and military installations.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 56-58
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English