# The Russia-Georgia War


> This essay as part of the Nimble Books series "The Decisive Battles of the 21st century" describes the battles carried out in August 2008 around South Ossetia and Abkhazia  after Georgia unleashed an attack upon them.


## Bibliographic record
- **Author**: Boufesis, Alexandros Fox
- **Imprint**: Nimble Books LLC
- **Publisher**: Nimble Books LLC
- **Format**: Color 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Case Laminate on 50 White w/Matte Lam
- **Pages**: 116
- **Language**: English
- **Publication date**: 08-Aug-2015
- **ISBN-13**: 9781608880348

## What this book is

This essay as part of the Nimble Books series "The Decisive Battles of the 21st century" describes the battles carried out in August 2008 around South Ossetia and Abkhazia  after Georgia unleashed an attack upon them. The foreword is by a renowned professor of Geopolitics of the Hellenic Military Academy  Dr Constantinos Grivas. The Russians fought on the side of the breakaway Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a war  which is also known as "The Five Day War". There is an extensive analysis on the diplomatic prelude occurring prior to the beginning of the hostilities  debating the causes that led Georgia to attack the breakaways and Russia to defend them. The prelude covers deep historical topics since the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent rise of Gamsakhurdia  the nationalist Georgian leader  Eduard Shevardnadze  whose toppling by the Rose Revolution brought Mikhail Saakashvili to power. Military operations are described and analyzed thoroughly starting from the skirmishes between Georgians and Ossetians and culminating with the war's most decisive battle  the battle of Tskhinvali. The essay sheds light on the new Russian military doctrine and the reforms  which took place in the Russian Army  following the Five Day War  in all sectors including the Army   VDV troops  the Air Force and the Navy. Finally  an extensive analysis is carried out both in the framework of geoeconomics and that of international relations and geopolitics  around Russia's future diplomatic ties with the EU and the US  separately  including the recent events in the US and European Economies  which have led to the manifestation of a European power centralized around Germany.  The battle of Tskhinvali may well have settled the fate of the Caucasus for the 21st century  and foreshadowed the campaigns in Crimea  Ukraine  and beyond.

## Who it's for
Readers interested in HISTORY / Russia / General / HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century.

## Where to find it
- **Publisher page**: https://bigfivekiller.online/books/9781608880348/
- **Publisher of record**: Nimble Books LLC (https://nimblebooks.com)
- **Print distribution**: Ingram (LSI), available at 39,000+ retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and independent bookshops

## Topics
- **Primary category (BISAC)**: HIS032000 — HISTORY / Russia / General
- **Secondary category (BISAC)**: HIS037080 — HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century

## Authorship & quality assurance
- **Drafted with**: AI-assisted using frontier models (Claude, Gemini) orchestrated through Nimble Books' Codexes Factory pipeline
- **Editorial oversight**: Nimble Books LLC editorial process
- **Disclosure**: AI-assisted authorship disclosed in the book's frontmatter, per EU AI Act Article 50 and applicable transparency standards
- **Status**: Static reference; no scheduled content updates. (Living Reference titles are flagged separately and link to a public change log.)