Tajikistan : the trials of independence / edited by Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frédéric Grare and Shirin Akiner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241).

Introduction / Mohammad-Reza Djalili, Frederic Grare and Shirin Akiner -- Tajikistan and Afghanistan: the Ethnic Groups on Either Side of the Border / Pierre Centlivres and Micheline Centlivres-Demont -- The Premises for the Construction of a Tajik National identity, 1920-1930 / Guissou Jahangiri -- Perestroika as seen by some Tajik Historians / Michel Hammer -- Political Parties and Forces in Tajikistan, 1989-1993 / Stephane A. Dudoignon -- The Civil War in Tajikistan, 1992-1993 / Bess A. Brown -- Some Reflections on Russian Involvement in the Tajik conflict, 1992-1993 (with Chronology) / Catherine Poujol -- Regional Ambitions and Interests in Tajikistan: The Role of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran / Mohammad-Reza Djalili and Frederic Grare -- Is the Conflict in Tajikistan a Model for Conflicts Throughout Central Asia? / Olivier Roy -- The Russian Army and the War in Tajikistan (with map) / Michael Orr -- The Tajik Conflict: Problems of Regulation / Irina Zviagelskaya --

International Concern for Tajikistan: UN and OSCE Efforts to Promote Peace-Building and Democratisation / Olivier A. J. Brenninkmeijer -- The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Conflict in Tajikistan / Jean-Marc Bornet -- The Human Rights Situation in Tajikistan (1992-1993) / Ian Gorvin -- Map: Tajikistan -- Map: Tajikistan: Administrative Divisions -- Map: Regional Groups or Clans -- Map: Drug Trade.