How the Tajik SSR slid towards Civil War

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on how the Tajik SSR slid towards Civil War

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Sources:
Jesse Driscoll, “Consolidating a Weak State after Civil War: A Tajik Fable,” in John Heathershaw and Edward Schatz (eds.), Paradox of Power: The Logics of State Weakness in Eurasia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017)
Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (Maclehose Press, 2014)
Kirill Nourzhanov and Christian Bleur, Tajikistan: A Political and Social History (Australian National University E-Press, 2013)
Doug Foster, “Cleansing violence in the Tajik Civil War: framing from the dark side of democracy,” National Identities, Vol.17 (No.4) (2015)
Lawrence P. Markowitz, “Tajikistan: authoritarian reaction in a postwar state,” Democratisation, Vol.19 (No.1) (2012)
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