Balkan Anschluss: The Annexation of Montenegro and the Creation of the Common South Slavic StateBalkan Anschluss tackles the thorny issue of the disappearance of Montenegro as a sovereign state in the course of and as a result of the First World War, a problem with clear contemporary relevance. In particular, Pavlovic investigates the ambiguous and often troubled relationship between two "Serb states," Montenegro and Serbia. The ultimate conclusion this book makes is that Montenegro was not so much "liberated" as it was "annexed" by Serbia at the end of World War I and that the people of Montenegro were denied an opportunity to exercise self-determination according to internationally recognized norms. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Tribal or National Consciousness? | 5 |
The Writings on the Podgorica Assembly | 13 |
Historical Background Poets and Warriors | 29 |
The History of an Idea | 48 |
Montenegro during World War I Saving the Dynasty or Saving Serbdom? | 65 |
Generals without an Army | 68 |
The Role of the Serbian Envoy in Montenegro | 72 |
Diplomatic Activities | 122 |
The Newsletter Ujedinjenje and the Battle of Spilled Ink | 123 |
The Montenegrin Committee and the Allied Subsidies to King Nikola | 127 |
Activities among the Montenegrin Students | 128 |
The Issue of the Prisoners of War | 130 |
The King Strikes Back | 132 |
Toward Annexation | 138 |
The Preparations for the Great Peoples Assembly in Podgorica | 145 |
The Capitulation of Montenegro | 75 |
The King in Exile | 87 |
Montenegro the Great Powers and the Paris Peace Conference | 94 |
Montenegro and Italy | 95 |
God Is High Above Us and Russia Is Far Away | 97 |
France and Montenegro | 98 |
The Lion and the Eagle | 106 |
The United States and the Montenegrin Question | 109 |
The Politics of the Fait Accompli | 111 |
The Montenegrin Committee for Unification | 119 |
Program and Proclamation | 121 |
Common terms and phrases
AIICG Allied Andrija Radović Arhiv Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian Balkans Beograd Cetinje Committee for Unification common South Slav Crna Gora Crnogorski Crnojević Croats Danilo delegates Dimitrije diplomatic election established Foreign Office France French Glas Crnogorca government in exile Government of Montenegro Hajduković historical ibid independence issue Istorija Crne Gore Istorijski Italian Janković January Jovan Jovanović Karadjordjević King Nikola Kolašin military Milutinović Monte Montene Montenegrin army Montenegrin Committee Montenegrin government Montenegrin Question Montenegro and Serbia Montenegro with Serbia Mountain Wreath Nikola I Petrović Nikola Pašić Nikšić Njegoš November Ottoman Paris Paris Peace Conference People's Assembly Pešić Petar Petrović dynasty Petrović Njegoš Plamenac Podgorica Assembly Podgorička Skupština political Popović Powers Prince Nikola Rastoder region Russia Scutari Serbdom Serbian army Serbian government Serbian High Command Serbian representative Serbs Slovenes South Slav tenegrin tenegro territory Titograd tribal Ujedinjenje unification of Montenegro unionist United uprising Vladika Vujović Yugoslav Yugoslavia Zagreb Živojinović