On August, 8, 2008, Georgian tanks rumbled into Tskhinval, South Ossetia's capital, under cover of night. Fortunately, Moscow was quick to respond, and the war ended in five days. Hundreds of civilians lost their lives. Soslan Kvezerov was 9 when he and his family fled the village before the Georgian army arrived; Shorena Kachmazova gave birth to the sound of heavy artillery shells falling; American Joe Mestas was on holiday with his family in South Ossetia when hostilities began. What do they remember about these harrowing events?
Georgia’s Gamble Revisited
