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Montenegrin history, long neglected as a subject for separate treatment, is surveyed in Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro (2005, reissued 2007). Less comprehensive is Kenneth Morrison, Montenegro: A Modern History (2009), which concentrates on the period since World War II and the path to independence in the wars of Yugoslavia’s dissolution. Also informative are Thomas Fleming, Montenegro: The Divided Land (2002); and Florian Bieber (ed.), Montenegro in Transition: Problems of Identity and Statehood (2003). The pre-1914 principality and kingdom, as well as the roles of Russia and Austria-Hungary, are explored in David Mackenzie, The Serbs and Russian Pan-Slavism, 1875–1878 (1967); and John D. Treadway, The Falcon and the Eagle: Montenegro and Austria-Hungary, 1908–1914 (1983, reissued 1998). Two works—one older and one newer—provide an anthropological perspective once called ethnography: M.E. Durham, Some Tribal Origins, Laws, and Customs of the Balkans (1928, reprinted 1979); and Christopher Boehm, Montenegrin Social Organization and Values: Political Ethnography of a Refuge Area Tribal Adaptation (1983). Andrew Baruch Wachtel, “How to Use a Classic: Petar Petrović Njegoš,” in John Lampe and Mark Mazower (eds.), Ideologies and National Identities: The Case of Twentieth-Century Southeastern Europe (2004), pp. 131–148, examines the political legacy of Montenegro’s famed 19th-century poet. Montenegro’s most famous 20th-century author provides an insightful picture of the period before and during World War I in Milovan Djilas, Land Without Justice (1958), the first volume of his autobiography.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Montenegro. | Dec 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Montenegro country profile. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Nov 02, 2023 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of state. | May 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Montenegro. | Aug 17, 2022 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | May 05, 2022 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Mar 09, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Factsmania - Interesting Montenegro Facts. | Nov 28, 2020 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated footnote in form of government. | Oct 07, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Montenegro. | May 24, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cool Kid Facts - Montenegro Facts. | Jan 14, 2019 | ||
| Country Profile: Expanded country profile. | Jun 04, 2018 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state. | May 23, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 08, 2017 | ||
| Updated to describe the Montenegrin military. | Jun 08, 2017 | ||
| Updated to mention Montenegro's admittance to NATO. | Jun 08, 2017 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| In People section, revised ethnic composition percentages. | Aug 03, 2016 | ||
| In Economy section, added data charts. | Aug 03, 2016 | ||
| In People section, added data charts. | Aug 03, 2016 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state; revised footnote. | May 25, 2016 | ||
| Added locator map to the Introduction. | May 05, 2016 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Feb 18, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: globalEDGE - Montenegro. | Jan 27, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Montenegro. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Montenegro, Europe. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| Updated for the October 2012 parliamentary elections. | Oct 19, 2012 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Mar 01, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Changed form of government, capital, and monetary unit. | Feb 28, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Added name of head of state and head of government, along with urban-rural, life expectancy, literacy, and GNI per capita statistics. | Feb 28, 2012 | ||
| History section thoroughly revised and updated. | Apr 27, 2011 | ||
| National anthem added. | Dec 21, 2010 | ||
| Updated People section with current proportions of Montenegrins and Serbs. | Nov 18, 2010 | ||
| Added that Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, and Croatian are all official languages. | Jul 02, 2010 | ||
| Country Profile: Reviewed and updated Official language. | Jul 02, 2010 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated area and population figures. | Mar 12, 2010 | ||
| History section restructured. | Sep 24, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Montenegro. | Apr 21, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 14, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 31, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encylopedia - Montenegro. | Mar 28, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 18, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 17, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 18, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Montenegro. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Visit Montenegro - Official Tourism Web Site. | Aug 04, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 27, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Montenegro, Europe. | Jul 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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