Parviz Mullojonov’s The History of the Tajik Civil War, 1992–1997 is an impressive scholarly account of a largely forgotten civil conflict in the wake of the Soviet Union’s dissolution. Embedded in a rich theoretical reflection, Mullojonov narrates the final years of Soviet Tajikistan, the increasing political and societal polarization and eventually the outbreak of violence in May 1992. In a balanced analysis, Mullojonov discusses an impressive amount of empirical material including hitherto neglected first-hand accounts of the conflict and its aftermath. This remarkable study advances our conceptual thinking about conflict in the post-Soviet space.