Böcker i International Library of Central Asian Studies-serien

Examines Tajikistan's search for a foreign policy in the post 9/11 environment. This book shows the internal contradictions of a country in every sense at the crossroads, reconciling its bloody past with an uncertain future. It assesses the impact of regional developments on the reform movement in Tajikistan.

Describes how, often in the teeth of Uzbek opposition, the Tajiks gained, first an autonomous oblast within Uzbekistan, then an autonomous republic, and finally, in 1929, the status of a full Soviet Union Republic. This work presents documentation of how the idea of a Tajik state came into being and offers a history of the birth of a nation.