Povodom 70-ogodišnjice donošenja Šumanove deklaracije kao početka procesa formiranja Evropske unije,

• Gordana ĐUROVIĆ, Od Šumanove deklaracije do savremene unije: Integracioni put Crne Gore, 7-45   DOWNLOAD

Abstract: Seven decades have passed since the presentation of Schuman’s declaration, a concise powerful and visionary statement by French Minister Robert Schuman, which proposes the creation of the first European supranational organization for coal and steel. On May 9, 1950, at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, the process of integration of European countries essentially began. The ideas and concepts of the Schuman Declaration, which represents a turning point in the history of Europe, are incorporated into all future European treaties, from the Paris Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, through the Treaties of Rome and all their amendments, to the 2007 Lisbon Reform Treaty. Europe developed on the affirmation of the principles of peace, solidarity, economic prosperity and common European values. Today, the idea of European unification gathers 27 European countries, and one of the countries knocking on the door of the Union is Montenegro. This paper gives a brief overview of the integration path of Montenegro towards the supranational organization sui generis, as the Union is today. The chronology of tracing the European path of Montenegro can be viewed in the broader context of establishing the first relations with the European Economic Community (EEC) of the then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the period from 1967 to 1991, then the characteristics of relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) with the then European Communities in the period from 1992 to 2003, and the relations that further developed in the period of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (SM) from 2003 to 2006, and finally the development of relations between the Union and the independent state of Montenegro in the period from the regaining Montenegrin independence in 2006 until today.

• Bojan JOVANOVIĆ, Akcija i reakcija: Maršalov plan i Šumanova deklaracija, 47-69  DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: The main goal of this essay is to see if there is a certain, real causal link between so called Marshall plan and what is well known as Schuman declaration; that is, in wider, general sense, it is about establishing historical link between America’s foreign policy after World War II (firstly, period 1947-1950) and the beginnings of what we now usually call European integration. The essay shows that Shuman declaration is in fact not original initiative, but rather response or reaction to huge pressure that USA, especially in autumn of 1949 and on, did put on French government and France. USA wanted from France to assume lidership in Western Europe, and to come up with solution for “German question”, that is, some proposal that would have strong European dimension, which would enable re-integration of Western Germany into Western Europe and the family of European nations…and so and by that at the same time matching one of the most important, if not the most important goal of america’s overall foreign policy of the time.

Članci

• Gilliane MONNIER, Gilbert TOSTEVIN, Goran PAJOVIĆ, Nikola BOROVINIĆ, Mile BAKOVIĆ, Nova istraživanja paleolitskog nalazišta Crvena Stijena, istorijski kontekst, 71-108  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: The rockshelter of Crvena Stijena (Nikšić municipality, Montenegro) is one of the most important Paleolithic sites in southeastern Europe. Its 20-meter deep sequence of archaeological deposits spans the Middle Paleolithic through the Bronze Age. The Middle Paleolithic deposits themselves, which cover an astonishing 12 meters in depth, contain one of the longest records of Neanderthal occupation in the region. Since its discovery in 1954, the site has been the subject of two major research projects; the data they have produced have helped make it a critical type-site for the Paleolithic in the Balkans. In this paper, our goal is to introduce the aims and methodologies of the new research collaboration at Crvena Stijena that we established in 2016. We first present the site within the context of the Middle Paleolithic of the western Balkans. We then describe the history of research at Crvena Stijena, and summarize the results of the last project, which were recently published. Finally, we describe the research questions that are guiding our new investigations, and the methods we are applying in order to answer these questions while preserving as much of the site as possible for future generations of archaeologists.

• Antal MOLNÁR, Kavaljer Franjo Bolica (†1653): Kotorski patricij na razdjelnici između Rima, Mletaka i Balkana, 109-132  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: The aim of this study is to introduce the intermediary role of Kotor in the Balkan missions comparing it to the same activities of Ragusa. From 1578 the Bolica family was responsible for coordinating the postal service from Venice to Istanbul, as a consequence of which the family acquired a vast network of connections in the Balkans. In the 17th century four members of the Bolica family which ran the postal service worked as the Balkan commissioners of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. Franjo Bolica was the most outstanding of the four due to his personal qualities and as a result of both the importance of his commissions and the prosperity during the war of Candia (1645-1669).

• Burhan ČELEBIĆ, O nekim osmanskim natpisima kod starog Bara; Darka Bakića, Pitanje emigracije osmanskih podanika iz skadarskog i kosovskog vilajeta u Crnu Goru, 133-147  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: In this article, we will interpret and present Old Turkish (Ottoman) inscriptions from the Bar region, which date from the historical range from the 17th to the 20th century, with a transcription from Old Turkish to the Ottoman language, with a translation in our language as well. Namely, the basic research intention of these recent researches in Bar is directed towards presenting to the scientific, professional and general reading public the inscriptions from the stone surfaces and their meaning with nišan tombstones, fountains and chronograms, while at the same time unusual ornamentation, shapes and various decorative motifs that adorn them and essentially determine them. In addition to translations of these specific archaeological-historical testimonies about people and the spirit of the time from which these artifacts date, we also provide photographs that speak not only about the significance and values of this material heritage but also about the condition in which they are.

• Darko BAKIĆ, Pitanje emigracije osmanskih podanika iz skadarskog i kosovskog vilajeta u Crnu Goru, 149-167  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: The suppression of armed rebellions of Albanians, which in Kosovo’s and in Shkodra’s vilayet did oppose the policy of Ottomanization of the society that the Young Turks was carrying out at the time, had as its consequence a huge number of refugees from war-affected areas that were seeking for some refuge in Montenegro. Even though it was overburdening Montenegro’s financial system, King Nicholas I gladly received refugees from Albania in Montenegro, not only from humanitarian reasons but also because he wanted to gain their affection towards his state, in or-der to much easier, when the opportunity arises, achieve the main goal of his foreign policy to ex-tend Montenegro’s territory to northern Albania.

• Arpad HORNYAK, The Integration of the Délvidék (Southern Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary) into the Administration of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. A Hungarian Perspective, 169-187  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: The southern territories of the Kingdom of Hungary came under the suzerainty of the newly formed Yugoslav Kingdom and until today constitute an integral part of its successor. This study aims to introduce the first historic phase of this centennial process, the incorporation of the Banat and Bačka into the administration of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. During this, while also details the endeavors of different Yugoslav governments, it also tries to introduce the various Hungarian aspects, chiefly in the years 1919-1920, and give an insight on the effects of all this on the Hungarian population of the territories in the new state.

Prilozi 

• Bojan NOVAKOVIĆ, Teritorijalno-upravna organizacija Onogošta (Nikšića) od XV do XVIII vijeka, 189-213  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: The paper is dedicated to the analysis of social and historical circumstances surrounding the origin and change in the territorial and administrative structure of the area of Onogošt (Nikšić) from mid-XV until early XVIII century. Even though the nahiyah of Onogošt was formed within its natural boundaries, as was the feudal župa preceding it, the censuses that followed proved it to be transformed in line with the principle of tribes and clans, thus being divided into four nahiyahs: Onogošt, Gračanica/Nikšić, Riđani and Komarnica. The local communities maintained complex relations which applied also to the change in their territorial position, the fact confirmed by scarce data. The recently published census of the Sanjak of Herzegovina from 1701 contained data which permit a better perception of the former territorial and administrative structure of Onogošt (Nikšić) and the neighboring areas.

• Nemanja VUJČIĆ, Kasandrova ilirska politika, 7-20   DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: This paper is written as an attempt of investigation of the deeper motivation behind the two Illyrian campaigns of the Macedonian ruler Cassander (316 – 297 BC). Theresults of these actions were ephemeral and they are not seen as very important in the modern historiography. They are explained either as a kind of continuation of the traditional policy of the Macedonian kings towards their western neighbors or as an indication of increasingly important role played by the southern Illyrian tribes on the wider Mediterranean scene. This paper interprets these campaigns as a part of a well-planned expansion in the direction of the Adriatic Sea, an attempt that represents a fresh chapter in the history of the Macedonian relations with Illyrian peoples. Although the exact scope and the particulars of his plans are impossible to know now, Cassander’s policy in these parts anticipates similar designs of Philip V, one century later. Failure of these attempts should be explained by wider historical circumstances: more pressing issues were occupied Cassander’s attention and resources. After the initial success, he was not in the position to devote significant forces into defense and control of the occupied areas.

• Snežana FERJANČIĆ, Some notes on the fragment CIL XVI 19 from Stara Palanka, 21-26  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: The collection of the City Museum of Vršac contains a small piece of a military diploma published by H. Nesselhauf in 1936 (CIL XVI 19). Close examination of the fragment has allowed us to propose a slightly different reading and interpretation of the partially preserved text. The inner side contained information on the place on the Capitol, in Rome, where the original document had been exhibited (ara gentis Iuliae). Two partially preserved witness signatures, consisting of their names and origo, are recorded on the outer side. One of them seemingly included additional elements, i. e. the filiation, followed by a tribe. Judging by the mention of the altar of the Julian family, the Stara Palanka fragment should be dated to the time between 68 AD and 71 AD.

• Đorđe BUBALO, Nekoliko dokumenata o zetskom vojvodi Stefanici Crnojeviću, 27-45  DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: The paper contains four overlooked documents about Stefanica Crnojević, the Duke (vojvoda) of Zeta; the documents are published according to the copies in the collection of documents from Kotor made by Antonio Bisanti and dating from the 18th century. Three documents are directly concerned with Stefanica’s entry into Venetian service 1451– 1452, while the fourth concerns his plea for military help in 1460, in expectation of an attack from the Turkish commander of the Medun Fortress.

• Saša BRAJOVIĆ, Njegoš, Bajron i bajronizacija Italije, 47-59  DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: This text presents observations on relationship of Petar II Petrović Njegoš, bishop and poet of Montenegro, to Byron – based on the portrait of English poet in the main room of Njegoš’s residence at Cetinje, the capital of Montenegro, as well as Njegoš’s records in his notebook. The text points to the crucial importance the English poet made in shaping the reception of Italy and its art in the first half of the 19th century, as well as the echo of Byron’s verses in Njegoš’s meditation on Italy. Special attention was paid to the Njegoš’s thoughts on the Colosseum and other ruins of Rome, which were colored by the phenomenon of Byronised Italy.

• Юрий П. АНШАКОВ, КНЯЗЬ ДАНИЛО – САМОВЛАСТНЫЙ ПРАВИТЕЛЬ ЧЕРНОГОРИИ, 61-96  DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: The paper analyzes some of the events from the reign of Prince DaniloPetrovic (1851-1860). The emphasis is on foreign policy of Montenegro in this period and the aspirations to free Montenegro of Russian influence and patronage. It sets out the circumstances that led to the changeof Prince Danilo’s foreign policy; plans for Montenegro to nominally recognize Turkish suzerainty and try to get other European countries recruited for these plans, whose implementation would mean a shift from pro-Russian policy. Special attention was paid to the battle of Grahovo (1858), territorial expansion that followed the demarcation with Turkey

• Žarko LEKOVIĆ, Piva i Drobnjak u borbama za oslobođenje 1861-1878, 97-116  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: After the demarcation of 1858. tribe Lakes and Šaranci Piva remain under Turkish rule, which was so weakened that it was not even felt, and this limit will remain until the Berlin Congress in 1878, when the border between Montenegro and Turkey moves on the river Tara, and when that area became part of Montenegro. Piva area, ponds and Šaranci tribe were considered Turkish subjects, but they did not feel the same way, so that Montenegro gave a little tax, while Turkish tried to escape, striving with all his strength to join Montenegro. While still within the limits of the Turkish state are from 1858 to 1878 voluntarily pay taxes to the Montenegrin state.

• Radenko ŠĆEKIĆ, U fokusu istorije i geopolitike Poluostrvo Krim (1774 – 2014.), 117-133  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: In the period from the late 18th to the present, a relatively small area of the Crimean peninsula is often found in the focus of geopolitical happenings. It was annexed to the Russian Empire after the Ottoman defeats and the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, which officialized the Russian expansion and hegemony over the Black Sea basin. This area of rich history and multi-ethnic composition again came into sharp geopolitical significance during the bloody Crimean War in the mid 19th century. Forced emigration of entire ethnic groups and joining the peninsula to Ukraine, distinguished the epoch of communism. In 2014, the annexation of the Crimea to the Russian Federation represented one of the reasons for new tensions in international relations. The harsh geopolitical rhetoric, economic and political sanctions, saber rattling, distinguishes contemporary global reality and multipolar world that is crystallizing.

• Željko RUTOVIĆ, Istorijat razvoja štampe i medijske politike u Crnoj Gori, 135-146  DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: This paper attempts, through the theoretical prism, to emphasize the process of building media pluralism in Montenegro, mostly from the perspective of public policy, legislation and institutional framework in the past two decades. Since the second half of the 90s of the twentieth century, there has been a trend towards the establishment of new media entities, predominantly focused to the political sphere. The emergence of several media players on the media scene, often with clear conflict between political and programmatic positions, the turbulent political events, learning media professionalism and ethics, on the other hand, in the context of the European legal framework, required the implementation of high standards of respect for freedom of expression and the necessity of self-regulatory principles.

• Marija CRNIĆ PEJOVIĆ, Prvi objavljeni školski izvještaji u sjeverozapadnoj Boki Kotorskoj, 147-160  DOWNLOAD

Abstract: Thanks to the heritage of Jovan Bošković, Đuro Đurović and Jelisaveta Laketić, a Serbian endowment sailing school was founded in Srbina next to Herceg Novi in 1858. This paper deals with the first school reports from the years 1884/5 and 1885/6 years. At the time, the school had only four teachers and some twenty students. These reports belong to the group of the first published periodicals printed in people’s language in the north-eastern part of Bay of Kotor. Nevertheless, they do not lag behind the similar issues of the educational institutions with more numerous and more qualified staff and in more developed areas.

• Pavle KONDIĆ, Dobrotvorna delatnost Mitropolita Mitrofana Bana i sveštenstva u Crnoj Gori tokom prvog svetskog rata, 161-193  DOWNLOAD

Abstract.  During the First World War, together with the suffering of the people Church hierarchy suffered as well. Although with limited possibilities at their disposal, Church dignitaries and clergy did their best to alleviate the difficult situation of the people. This essay devotes a special attention to the charity activity of three hierarchs: Mitrofan Ban, Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro, Mounts and Coastlands; Bishop Kirilo Mitrovic of Zaholm-Raska and Metropolitan Gavrilo of Pec. The author employs a thorough pedantry in order to expose the manifold Mitrofan Ban’s charity activity that, being supported by the clergy, embraced all the layers of society, regardless of their religious or national affiliation.

• Dušan BOJKOVIĆ, Crna Gora u nacionalnoj politici i organizacionoj strukturi Komunističke Partije Jugoslavije 1929–1941, 195-215  DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: Through analysis of archive documents and published sources, as well as press and relevant literature, an attempt has been made to present the position of Montenegro in the revolutionary perspective of Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The aforementioned problem is examined in the period between the introduction of the personal regime of king Aleksandar Karađorđević and the beginning of the World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The first section of the work deals with the relations of communists towards the Montenegrin national issue, while the second section is about the Party’s territorial and organizational policy in the area of banovina Zeta.

• Nataša MILIĆEVIĆ, „Gospod-in, građanin, drug, podanik“: društvene promene i jezik u Srbiji 1944-1950, 217-232  DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the influence of political and social changes on language as a means of social communication in Serbia/Yugoslavia within the first few years after the World War II. In addition to the general linguistic changes which were indicating the altered social relations, as well as emphasizing the new values, this paper also discusses the changes that occurred between and within the political and social groups. Special attention is given to the reaction of the Serbian middle class (bourgeoise) members pertaining to the linguistic changes, being themselves “sentenced” to „disappearance“ in the new structure of society and in the times of radical changes. Ultimately, the linguistic changes led to the altered state of consciousness and the creation of new societal identity.

OSVRTI

• Akademik Zoran LAKIĆ, Politika a ne nauka traze reviziju ocjena o Prvom svjetskom ratu, 233-237  DOWNLOAD

PRIKAZI

• Olga Pelcer-Vujačić, I. Stevović, PRAEVALIS. OBRAZOVANJE KULTURNOG PROSTORA KASNOANTIČKE PROVINCIJE. PRAEVALIS. THE MAKING OF THE CULTURAL SPACE OF THE LATE ANTIQUE PERIOD, Podgorica 2014, стр. 200, 239-241  DOWNLOAD
• Vasilj Jovović, NIŠ I VIZANTIJA – Trinaesti međunarodni naučni skup Niš, 3-5. jun 2014., Zbornik radova XIII, Niš 2015, 550 str, 243-247  DOWNLOAD
• Radenko Šćekić, Marijan Premović, ŽUPA BUDIMLJA U SREDNJEM VIJEKU, Državni arhiv Crne Gore, Cetinje, 2012, 249-250  DOWNLOAD
• Žarko Leković, BIOBIBLIOGRAFIJA AKADEMIKA MIOMIRA DAŠIĆA – drugo dopunjeno izdanje, sastavio Dobrilo Aranitović, Podgorica, 2015, str. 270, 251-254  DOWNLOAD

ČLANCI

• John D. TREADWAY, Reflections on US-Montenegrin relations 1905-1918. Focus on John B. Jackson, the First American Minister to Montenegro, 1905-1907, 9-29  Download

ABSTRACT: This short article considers aspects of the US-Montenegrin relationship between 1905 and 1918 – the years covered by the documentary collection Crna Gora i SAD: U dokumentima Nacionalnog arhiva u Vašingtonu, 1905-1918, published by the Istorijski Institut in the spring of 2010. Focusing on the activities of the first accredited American minister to Montenegro, John B. Jackson (1905-1907), it in fact draws heavily upon the documents included in the volume.

• Dragoljub ŽIVOJINOVIĆ, Američki odred u sastavu savezničkih trupa u Crnoj Gori 1918, 31-43  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the engagement of American military troops in an allied expedition on the eastern Adriatic coast, after the USA joined the war operations in World War I in 1917.

• Radoslav RASPOPOVIĆ, Diplomatski odnosi Crne Gore i SAD 1905-1921, 45-66  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the issue establishing diplomatic relations between Montenegro and the USA. The USA exercised their active right to legation in 1905, while the reciprocity in diplomatic representation was achieved in late 1918. The author is mainly preoccupied with the time when first American envoys were accredited, the issues they were dealing with during their occasional visits to Montenegro and the degree of influence they had on the relations between Montenegro and America.

• Nathaniel SMITH, John B. Jackson and the beginning of U.S.-Montenegrin diplomatic relations, 67-71  Download

ABSTRACT: John B. Jackson was an industrious and professional diplomat who represented the United States all over the world, including Western and South-Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Jackson was instrumental in United States Government’s decision to recognize Montenegro and he was the first U.S. Envoy to the country, from 1905 to 1907.

• Zoran LAKIĆ, Istorijski zapisi o crnogorsko-američkim odnosima kroz istoriju, 73-78  Download

ABSTRACT: The author deals with the international position of Montenegro throughout history from the aspect of the relation of great powers towards small countries. He looks into how historical experience and tradition affects current foreign policy.

• Biljana VUČETIĆ, Javnost Sjedinjenih Američkih Država o Crnoj Gori u Balkanskim ratovima, 79-95  Download

ABSTRACT: This paper aims to present the shaping of American public opinion on Balkan Wars 1912-1913. It is based on information published in New-York Tribune and The Washington Post. These newspapers regularly monitored situation in the Balkans. Although State Department was ready to engage in European affairs, public opinion strived to support principle that the Balkans should remain to the Balkan peoples.

• Šerbo RASTODER, Velike sile i mali narodi, 105 godina od uspostavjanja diplomatskih odnosa SAD i Crne Gore, 97-121  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the relations between USA and Montenegro from their official diplomatic establishing, but mostly focuses on the period of the First World War. At its end, when the Great Powers have been deciding upon the future European political map, Montenegrin representatives have pursued an effort to influence an American position towards solving the Montenegrin questions according to interests of its Government in exile. This short-termed interest, which the USA has displayed for Montenegro, corresponded with the phase of greater attention that this Power has paid to the European affairs.

• Andrea CARTENY, After the Wilson’s 14 points: The oppressed nationalities at the Congress of Rome (April 1918), 123-133  Download

ABSTRACT: After the Wilson points, in Italy too emerged in the public discourse the question to support or not the „oppressed nationalities” in Austria-Hungary. Luigi Albertini and the newspaper „Il Corriere della Sera” leaded this strategy, which meant to pass the positions of the London Pact and to prepare Italy to negotiate the Eastern claimed territories with new nations, as Yugoslavs. The Torre-Trumbic agreement was the important result of this action and political base for the Congress of Rome, in April 1918. This Congress was the beginning of the real support to the nationalities against Habsburgs. The propaganda over the enemy‘s trenches was fruitful: with more than 50 millions of posters and quite 10 millions of newspaper launched over the lines, Italian army called to a mass desertion the no German/Hungarian soldiers (then belonging to the „oppressed nationalities”, e.g. Yugoslavs, Romanians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks).This factor was one of the most relevant for the final victory.

• Dragana KUJOVIĆ, Neki nezaobilazni elementi u razmatranjima o velikim promjenama u crnogroskom društvu (1878-1915), 135-142  Download

ABSTRACT: A gap in which the Muslim population was found in territories included in the composition of the Montenegrin state was even more profound, if we consider that this population followed specific achievements and a dynamic relationship of the Islamic tradition and regional influences. Most of it felt Montenegro their homeland as the Christian-Orthodox did, spoke the same language and had the same Slavic origin, but they were being recognized by different personal names, learning different literacy, growing with heroes of their own epic, and cultural and esthetic patterns finding in brilliant achievements of Islamic Orient.

• Žarko LEKOVIĆ, Drobnjaci koji su emigrirali u SAD krajem XIX i početkom XX vijeka, 143-154  Download

ABSTRACT: In passed historical epoques, the Drobnjaks have been temporarily or permanently moving out from their homeland, searching for better living conditions. The list of Drobnjaks displaced before the 1878 is not possible to be individually reconstructed due to the lack of archival sources. An intensive migration of Montenegrins to USA began shortly before the end of XIX century. It is evident that the same process has included the Drobnjaks. The majority of immigrants have settled in the USA, while the others have chosen Canada and South America. They have been undertaking the worst jobs in the mines and partly been employed in factories. The smallest number ended in farms, mainly because of low wages.

• Radenko ŠĆEKIĆ, SAD i prostor Balkana, sa posebnim osvrtom na Crnu Goru krajem 20. i početkom 21. vijeka, 155-168  Download

ABSTRACT: Change of the constellation of powers on the world stage after the end of the Cold War, has resulted in important changes over Yugoslavia in global terms. Montenegro, as the smallest republic in the Yugoslav federation was bypassed by political upheavals in the atmosphere of disintegration of the communist system. United States, having remained as the only global superpower, used the political and war events in ex-Yugoslav region for implementation of policy of the “New World Order”.

OSVRTI

• Dragana KUJOVIĆ, Esad Duraković: Duhovna biografija, razgovarao Izedin Šikalo. – Sarajevo: Dobra knjiga, 2010, 169-171  Download

ČLANCI

• John D. TREADWAY, Reflections on US-Montenegrin relations 1905-1918. Focus on John B. Jackson, the First American Minister to Montenegro, 1905-1907, 9-29  Download

ABSTRACT: This short article considers aspects of the US-Montenegrin relationship between 1905 and 1918 – the years covered by the documentary collection Crna Gora i SAD: U dokumentima Nacionalnog arhiva u Vašingtonu, 1905-1918, published by the Istorijski Institut in the spring of 2010. Focusing on the activities of the first accredited American minister to Montenegro, John B. Jackson (1905-1907), it in fact draws heavily upon the documents included in the volume.

• Dragoljub ŽIVOJINOVIĆ, Američki odred u sastavu savezničkih trupa u Crnoj Gori 1918, 31-43  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the engagement of American military troops in an allied expedition on the eastern Adriatic coast, after the USA joined the war operations in World War I in 1917.

• Radoslav RASPOPOVIĆ, Diplomatski odnosi Crne Gore i SAD 1905-1921, 45-66  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the issue establishing diplomatic relations between Montenegro and the USA. The USA exercised their active right to legation in 1905, while the reciprocity in diplomatic representation was achieved in late 1918. The author is mainly preoccupied with the time when first American envoys were accredited, the issues they were dealing with during their occasional visits to Montenegro and the degree of influence they had on the relations between Montenegro and America.

• Nathaniel SMITH, John B. Jackson and the beginning of U.S.-Montenegrin diplomatic relations, 67-71  Download

ABSTRACT: John B. Jackson was an industrious and professional diplomat who represented the United States all over the world, including Western and South-Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Jackson was instrumental in United States Government’s decision to recognize Montenegro and he was the first U.S. Envoy to the country, from 1905 to 1907.

• Zoran LAKIĆ, Istorijski zapisi o crnogorsko-američkim odnosima kroz istoriju, 73-78  Download

ABSTRACT: The author deals with the international position of Montenegro throughout history from the aspect of the relation of great powers towards small countries. He looks into how historical experience and tradition affects current foreign policy.

• Biljana VUČETIĆ, Javnost Sjedinjenih Američkih Država o Crnoj Gori u Balkanskim ratovima, 79-95  Download

ABSTRACT: This paper aims to present the shaping of American public opinion on Balkan Wars 1912-1913. It is based on information published in New-York Tribune and The Washington Post. These newspapers regularly monitored situation in the Balkans. Although State Department was ready to engage in European affairs, public opinion strived to support principle that the Balkans should remain to the Balkan peoples.

• Šerbo RASTODER, Velike sile i mali narodi, 105 godina od uspostavjanja diplomatskih odnosa SAD i Crne Gore, 97-121  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the relations between USA and Montenegro from their official diplomatic establishing, but mostly focuses on the period of the First World War. At its end, when the Great Powers have been deciding upon the future European political map, Montenegrin representatives have pursued an effort to influence an American position towards solving the Montenegrin questions according to interests of its Government in exile. This short-termed interest, which the USA has displayed for Montenegro, corresponded with the phase of greater attention that this Power has paid to the European affairs.

• Andrea CARTENY, After the Wilson’s 14 points: The oppressed nationalities at the Congress of Rome (April 1918), 123-133  Download

ABSTRACT: After the Wilson points, in Italy too emerged in the public discourse the question to support or not the „oppressed nationalities” in Austria-Hungary. Luigi Albertini and the newspaper „Il Corriere della Sera” leaded this strategy, which meant to pass the positions of the London Pact and to prepare Italy to negotiate the Eastern claimed territories with new nations, as Yugoslavs. The Torre-Trumbic agreement was the important result of this action and political base for the Congress of Rome, in April 1918. This Congress was the beginning of the real support to the nationalities against Habsburgs. The propaganda over the enemy‘s trenches was fruitful: with more than 50 millions of posters and quite 10 millions of newspaper launched over the lines, Italian army called to a mass desertion the no German/Hungarian soldiers (then belonging to the „oppressed nationalities”, e.g. Yugoslavs, Romanians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks).This factor was one of the most relevant for the final victory.

• Dragana KUJOVIĆ, Neki nezaobilazni elementi u razmatranjima o velikim promjenama u crnogroskom društvu (1878-1915), 135-142  Download

ABSTRACT: A gap in which the Muslim population was found in territories included in the composition of the Montenegrin state was even more profound, if we consider that this population followed specific achievements and a dynamic relationship of the Islamic tradition and regional influences. Most of it felt Montenegro their homeland as the Christian-Orthodox did, spoke the same language and had the same Slavic origin, but they were being recognized by different personal names, learning different literacy, growing with heroes of their own epic, and cultural and esthetic patterns finding in brilliant achievements of Islamic Orient.

• Žarko LEKOVIĆ, Drobnjaci koji su emigrirali u SAD krajem XIX i početkom XX vijeka, 143-154  Download

ABSTRACT: In passed historical epoques, the Drobnjaks have been temporarily or permanently moving out from their homeland, searching for better living conditions. The list of Drobnjaks displaced before the 1878 is not possible to be individually reconstructed due to the lack of archival sources. An intensive migration of Montenegrins to USA began shortly before the end of XIX century. It is evident that the same process has included the Drobnjaks. The majority of immigrants have settled in the USA, while the others have chosen Canada and South America. They have been undertaking the worst jobs in the mines and partly been employed in factories. The smallest number ended in farms, mainly because of low wages.

• Radenko ŠĆEKIĆ, SAD i prostor Balkana, sa posebnim osvrtom na Crnu Goru krajem 20. i početkom 21. vijeka, 155-168  Download

ABSTRACT: Change of the constellation of powers on the world stage after the end of the Cold War, has resulted in important changes over Yugoslavia in global terms. Montenegro, as the smallest republic in the Yugoslav federation was bypassed by political upheavals in the atmosphere of disintegration of the communist system. United States, having remained as the only global superpower, used the political and war events in ex-Yugoslav region for implementation of policy of the “New World Order”.

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• Dragana KUJOVIĆ, Esad Duraković: Duhovna biografija, razgovarao Izedin Šikalo. – Sarajevo: Dobra knjiga, 2010, 169-171  Download