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The Sandline Affair: A Chronology Of Significant Events / Anthony J. Regan And Sinclair Dinnen -- Preparation For War And Progress Towards Peace--bougainville Dimensions Of The Sandline Affair / Anthony J. Regan -- Paradoxes In Papua New Guinea / Bill Standish -- The Papua New Guinea Policy-making Environment As A Window On The Sandline Controversy / Anthony J. Regan -- Crisis Or Not A Crisis: The Situation In Papua New Guinea On 26 March 1997 / Angela Mandie-filer -- The Military Factor In The Events Of March 1997 / Ron May -- The Rise Of Power Is The Beginning Of Its Downfall: A Bougainvillean Perspective On The Sandline Affair / Ruth Saovana-spriggs -- Trading In Security: Private Military Contractors In Papua New Guinea / Sinclair Dinnen -- Political Siege In Papua New Guinea And The Role Of The Military In Melanesia / Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka -- National Election: Local Decisions / Hank Nelson. Edited By Sinclair Dinnen, Ron May And Anthony J. Regan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 144-147).