When the West Saved Tbilisi

NRO has published another excerpt from my forthcoming book, Where the West Ends. This one is darker and more serious than the last one I published here. It takes place in Georgia during the Russian invasion.

Getting into Georgia on the train was easier than getting out. As soon as the Georgian customs officials stamped my passport and finished hand-searching my luggage, I stepped off and into a taxi. A friend warned me in advance that while the train sits at the border between Georgia and Azer...