@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt6wq753.17, ISBN = {9781557536174}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wq753.17}, abstract = {Montenegro’s role in the disintegration of Yugoslavia and events within the republic during the critical years under consideration are often overlooked (or treated only superficially) in the plethora of literature focusing on the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Socialistićka federativna republika Ju goslavija[SFRY]) and its subsequent wars of disintegration. Montenegro largely avoided war in the 1990s, but as Yugoslavia’s smallest republic it faced numerous challenges as the SFRY dissolved; it was by no means immune from the problems facing neighboring republics. The main focus of this chapter is, therefore, the impact of wider Yugoslav events on}, author = {Kenneth Morrison}, booktitle = {Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: A Scholar's Initiative, 2nd edition}, edition = {Second Edition}, pages = {426--456}, publisher = {Purdue University Press}, title = {Montenegro: A Polity in Flux, 1989–2000}, year = {2013} }