TY - CHAP
T1 - The war in south Ossetia, August 2008: four perspectives
AU - Companjen, F.J.
N1 - Reprint published in 2025
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The long awaited EU-fact finding mission report lead by the Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini on the August war appeared on September 30th, 2009. The goal of the mission was to ‘investigate the origins and the course of the conflict in Georgia’. 2 It is concluded that although Georgia started the attack on Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, both parties Georgia and Russia are to blame for the buildup of tension. Russia is blamed for using military force to reshape borders, something which had become almost unthinkable in post-WWII Europe, and for using disproportional force at that. The report came to focus on the human tragedy involved. About 850 lost their lives; many more were wounded and about 100,000 people had to flee their homes. The majority of these has been able to return in the meantime, but between 10,000 and 35,000 thousand people remain displaced.
AB - The long awaited EU-fact finding mission report lead by the Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini on the August war appeared on September 30th, 2009. The goal of the mission was to ‘investigate the origins and the course of the conflict in Georgia’. 2 It is concluded that although Georgia started the attack on Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, both parties Georgia and Russia are to blame for the buildup of tension. Russia is blamed for using military force to reshape borders, something which had become almost unthinkable in post-WWII Europe, and for using disproportional force at that. The report came to focus on the human tragedy involved. About 850 lost their lives; many more were wounded and about 100,000 people had to flee their homes. The majority of these has been able to return in the meantime, but between 10,000 and 35,000 thousand people remain displaced.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Exploring-the-Caucasus-in-the-21st-Century-Essays-on-Culture-History-/Companjen-Marcz-Versteegh/p/book/9789089641830
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789089641830
T3 - Amsterdam Contributions
SP - 181
EP - 194
BT - Exploring the Caucasus in the 21st century
A2 - Companjen, F.
A2 - Marácz, L.
A2 - Versteegh, L.
PB - Routledge
ER -