Treadway's work is the first comprehensive study of Montenegro's relations with her Great-Power neighbors on the eve of WWI.
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Treadways indepth study on Montenegro's history,
By victor coenen (Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Falcon and Eagle: Montenegro and Austria-Hungary, 1908-1914 (Paperback)
Treadway has been extremely succesful in writing the dramatic history of Montenegro, its smart king and its brave people. After reading this fine historybook on the "black mountains" the reader will better understand the current trouble on the Balkans. Treadway describes in a detailed way why the two Balkan wars have taken place and what has been the political and geographical outcome of it. The Austrian-Hungarian influence on the European continent at that time as well as the Russian influence makes one see how history repeats itself today. For the current student on Balkan history, for the student on politics in the Balkan and for people who are interested in Montenegrin history this book is an absolute must! Highly recommended
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a first in its field.....,
By Adam W. Bayes (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Falcon and Eagle: Montenegro and Austria-Hungary, 1908-1914 (Paperback)
I was lucky enough to have been a student of Dr. Treadway at the University of Richmond. This book was on the reading list for his class European Diplomacy from Bismarck to Hitler. Treadway's intense teaching style as well as his insightful sense of humor are seen in this work. The events leading up to World War I were both complicated, and filled with lots of "what if's..." Treadway concerns himself with the "Powder Keg" of Europe, the Balkans, and presents a unique and facinating overview of the events surrounding the Annexation Crisis, the Scutari Crisis, the two Balkan Wars, as well as the history of Montenegrin relations with Austria-Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and other Great Powers. How did this small country with virtually no resources come to play such a large role in European diplomacy and politics? Treadway answers this question, making his way to June 28th, 1914 and the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo at the hand of Mlada Bosnia. Anyone interested in the causes of World War I would be interested in this book, moreso because it is written from the perspective of "the mouse that roared," the small country of Montenegro.
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Amazing book,
By Aleksandar Rakovic (Belgrade) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Falcon and Eagle: Montenegro and Austria-Hungary, 1908-1914 (Paperback)
Brilliant study about Montenegro and its relationship with Austria-Hungary but also with Russia and Balkan countries, especially Serbia. This excelent book is based on critically confirmed facts and scientific knowledge. Professor Treadway stresses eternal wish of Montenegrins and their king Nicholas I Petrovic Njegos to restore medieval Serb Empire of Dusan Nemanjic: "Ambitious for his dynasty as well as his country and incited by the nationalism of his people, Nicholas dreamed of uniting all Serbs under his aegis and sitting upon Dusan's throne in Prizren" [page 201] I recommend this book to everybody who cares for knowledge.
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In 1908, a year of great political upheaval in the Balkan peninsula, Montenegro was not the same small island she had been in centuries past, yet H. C. Darby's pithy paragraph still tells us much about the land of the Black Mountain in the early twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
balkanski rat, aneksione krize, prvi svetski rat, srpske vojske, annexation crisis, circular telegram, border rectifications, naval demonstration, territorial compensation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Giuliano, Great Powers, Francis Joseph, King Nicholas, Dual Monarchy, Triple Alliance, King Peter, Crown Prince Danilo, Prince Nicholas, Neue Freie Presse, Novi Pazar, Black Mountain, Bomb Affair, Sir Edward Grey, South Slav, Young Turk, Conrad von Hötzendorf, First Balkan War, Turgut Pasha, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Congress of Berlin, Golden Horn, Lake Scutari, Prince Mirko, Rustem Bey New!
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In 1908, a year of great political upheaval in the Balkan peninsula, Montenegro was not the same small island she had been in centuries past, yet H. C. Darby's pithy paragraph still tells us much about the land of the Black Mountain in the early twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
balkanski rat, aneksione krize, prvi svetski rat, srpske vojske, annexation crisis, circular telegram, border rectifications, naval demonstration, territorial compensation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Giuliano, Great Powers, Francis Joseph, King Nicholas, Dual Monarchy, Triple Alliance, King Peter, Crown Prince Danilo, Prince Nicholas, Neue Freie Presse, Novi Pazar, Black Mountain, Bomb Affair, Sir Edward Grey, South Slav, Young Turk, Conrad von Hötzendorf, First Balkan War, Turgut Pasha, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Congress of Berlin, Golden Horn, Lake Scutari, Prince Mirko, Rustem Bey New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Origins of World War I by Richard F. Hamilton on page 94, and Back Matter
- The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War (Warfare and History) by Richard C. Hall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism (Garland Reference Library of Social Science) by Richard Frucht on page 525, and page 552
- The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War (Warfare and History) by Richard C. Hall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Modern Austria: Empire and Republic, 1815-1986 by Barbara Jelavich in Back Matter
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