: Original drafts and related documents are often hosted on the official Franjo Tuđman website .
Woven throughout the philosophical musings on violence is a defense of the nation-state. Tuđman argued that small nations like Croatia could only guarantee their survival and protect themselves from historical "wastelands" by achieving full state sovereignty. This section of the book directly foreshadowed his upcoming political campaign for Croatian independence. The Global Controversy and Accusations of Antisemitism franjo tudman bespuca povijesne zbiljnosti pdf
A central pillar of the book is the critique of historical exaggeration. Tuđman coined the term "Jasenovac myth," arguing that the communist authorities artificially inflated the number of victims at the Jasenovac concentration camp to impose collective guilt on the entire Croatian population. : Original drafts and related documents are often
