The Falcon and the Eagle: Montenegro and Austria-Hungary, 1908-1914

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Purdue University Press, 1998 - 370 pages
Treadway's work is the first comprehensive study of Montenegro's relations with her Great-Power neighbors on the eve of World War I. "An excellent contribution".--"Eastern European Quarterly".
 

Contents

The Setting
1
A Historical Overview
5
AustroMontenegrin Relations
8
RussoMontenegrin Relations
12
Montenegros Relations with the Other Powers and Serbia
15
Montenegrin Politics 19051908
18
Origins of the Annexation Crisis
19
The Annexation Crisis I 1908
22
The Balkan Alliance
105
The Outbreak of War
108
The Outbreak of the First Balkan War 19121913
112
Austria and Montenegro at the Outset of the War
113
Russian Attitudes
116
The Albanian Question
118
Habsburg Overtures to Serbia and Montenegro
121
Montenegrin Proposals Regarding Albania and Scutari
127

Efforts at Negotiation
28
Rapprochement with Serbia
30
Spič
32
Military Preparations and Demands
36
The Annexation Crisis II 1909
40
Serbias Capitulation
42
Montenegros Capitulation
47
From Kolašin to Jubilee 19091910
51
The Kolašin Conspiracy
52
AustroMontenegrin Détente
55
Austrian Skepticism
59
The Proclamation of the Montenegrin Kingdom
61
The Malissori Uprisings 19101911
66
The Albanian Revolts of 1909 and 1910
68
The MontenegrinMalissori Rapprochement 1910
72
The Malissori Uprising of 1911
74
The Resolution of the Crisis
79
Related Questions
82
The Road to War 19111912
87
Immediate Effects of the TurcoItalian War
88
Montenegros Desire for a Border Rectification with Turkey
92
Continued SerboMontenegrin Enmity
93
Nicholass Journey to St Petersburg
95
Aehrenthals Successor as Foreign Minister
97
Nicholass Journey to Vienna
100
TurcoMontenegrin Frontier Incidents
101
Two Conferences in London
129
The Scutari Crisis 1913
135
Serbias Pullback from Scutari
137
The Palić and Hubka Affairs
140
The Occupation of Scutari
141
More GreatPower Deliberations
143
The Possibility of Joint AustroItalian Action
148
Montenegros Capitulation
150
The Crisis in Perspective
156
From Scutari to Sarajevo 19131914
159
Montenegro after the Balkan Wars
162
RussoMontenegrin Relations
169
Closer SerboMontenegrin Ties
174
Effects on the Triple Alliance
177
Into ArmageddonThe Outbreak of War 1914
182
Initial Responses
183
Efforts at Accommodation
186
The Ultimatum
189
Edging toward War
192
Montenegros Declaration of War
196
Conclusion
201
Notes
213
Bibliography
297
Index
327
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John Treadway is professor of History and International Studies, Samuel Chiles Mitchell-Jacob Billikopf Professorship in History International Studies Concentration Advisor, World Politics and Diplomacy at University of Richmond.

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