Franjo Tuđman's Bespuća povijesne zbiljnosti (Wastelands of Historical Reality), published in
- Virus risk: PDFs from file-hosting sites on this topic are often infected.
- Bias alteration: Some scanned copies online are intentionally missing pages (e.g., the appendices with victim statistics) to either exaggerate or minimize Tuđman’s claims.
- Legal consequences: In Croatia, the book is not banned, but unauthorized distribution of copyrighted academic texts is a civil violation.
Where to find legitimate digital copies (Not Pirate Bay)
- Academic sharing sites (Academia.edu, ResearchGate) – sometimes uploaded by scholars for research purposes.
- Specialized Balkan history forums (Croatian and Serbian history discussion boards).
- Torrent or file-sharing sites – though this is legally gray.
Political Context
: Published just before the fall of communism, it served as a foundational ideological text for the founding of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the push for independence. Bespuća povijesne zbiljnosti by Franjo Tuđman - Goodreads
- Copyright: The book is still under copyright protection. The original publisher was Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske (Zagreb, 1989). Later editions were published by Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada (Croatian University Press) and Državnost. Distributing a full PDF without payment is piracy.
- Official Stance: The Tuđman family and the Udruga Dr. Franjo Tuđman (Dr. Franjo Tuđman Association) guard the digital rights to his complete works. They have released some works online for free, but Bespuća is typically behind a paywall or only available in physical academic libraries.