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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv A Note on Names xvii ONE The Setting 1 A Historical Overview 5 Austro-Montenegrin Relations 8 Russo-Montenegrin Relations 12 Montenegro's Relations with the Other Powers and Serbia 15 Montenegrin Politics, 1905-1908 18 Origins of the Annexation Crisis 19 TWO The Annexation. Crisis, I: 1908 22 Montenegro's Initial Response 22 Efforts at Negotiation 28 Rapprochement with Serbia 30 Spit 32 Military Preparations and Demands 36 THREE The Annexation Crisis, II: 1909 40 Serbia's Capitulation 42 Montenegro's Capitulation 47 FOUR From KolaSin toJubilee: 1909-1910 51 The Kolasin Conspiracy 52 Austro-Montenegrin Detente 55 Austrian Skepticism 59 The Proclamation of the Montenegrin Kingdom 61 FIVE The Malissori Uprisings: 1910-1911 66 The Albanian Revolts of 1909 and 1910 68 The Montenegrin-Malissori Rapprochement, 1910 72 The Malissori Uprising of 1911 74 The Resolution of the Crisis 79 Related Questions 82 SIX The Road to War: 1911-1912 87 Immediate Effects of the Turco-Italian War 88 Montenegro's Desire for a Border Rectification with Turkey 92 Continued Serbo-Montenegrin Enmity 93 Nicholas's Journey to St. Petersburg 95 Aehrenthal's Successor as Foreign Minister 97 Nicholas's Journey to Vienna 100 Turco-Montenegrin Frontier Incidents 101 The Balkan Alliance 105 The Outbreak of War 108 SEVEN The Outbreak ofthe First Balkan War: 19i2-1913 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 Peace: Two Conferences in London 129 EIGHT The Scutari Crisis: 1913 135 Serbia's Pullback from Scutari 137 The Palic and Hubka Affairs 140 The Occupation of Scutari 141 More Great-Power Deliberations 143 The Possibility ofJoint Austro-Italian Action 148 Montenegro's Capitulation 150 The Crisis in Perspective 156 NINE From Scutari to Sarajevo: 1913-1914 159 Montenegro after the Balkan Wars 162 Russo-Montenegrin Relations 169 Closer Serbo-Montenegrin Ties 174 The Question of Unification: Effects on the Triple Alliance 177 TEN Into Armageddon-The Outbreak ofWar: 1914 182 Initial Responses 183 Efforts at Accommodation 186 The Ultimatum 189 Edging toward War 192 Montenegro's Declaration of War 196 Conclusion 201 Notes 213 Bibliography 297 Index 327 ...

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