Na temelju izvora iz fondova Hrvatskoga državnog arhiva, osobito dokumentacije koju je Služba državne sigurnosti Republičkog sekretarijata za unutrašnje poslove Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske prikupila o Bogdanu Radici i Franji Tuđmanu te korespondencije tih dvaju intelektualaca koju je ta služba nadzirala, autor u radu iznosi okolnosti inicijative tiskanja Tuđmanove knjige Nacionalno pitanje u suvremenoj Europi u inozemstvu. Naime, nakon kaznenih progona 1972. i 1981. Tuđman je prisilno udaljen iz društvenoga života, pritiješnjen stvarnošću jugounitarizma. Odvažni napor tiskanja knjige, usprkos svim prijetnjama, prerastao je u pokušaj njegova izlaska iz nametnute izolacije koja je trajala sve do 1988., kada je primljen u Društvo književnika Hrvatske, nakon čega počinje nastupati na javnim tribinama te 1989. objavljuje i knjigu Bespuća povijesne zbiljnosti.; Based on sources from various fonds of the Croatian State Archives, especially the documentation of the State Security Service of the Croatian Republican Secretariat of the Interior regarding Bogdan Radica and Franjo Tuđman and the correspondence between these two intellectuals who were kept under surveillance by the Service, the author presents the circumstances surrounding the initiative to print Tuđman’s book, Nacionalno pitanje u suvremenoj Europi (The National Question in Contemporary Europe), abroad. Namely, after criminal prosecutions in 1972 and 1981, Tuđman was forcibly removed from social life, pressured by the reality of Yugo-unitarism. The bold effort to publish his book despite all threats grew into an attempt to end his imposed isolation, which lasted until 1988, when he was accepted as a member of the Croatian Writers’ Association, after which he began to participate at public forums and, in 1989, published the book Bespuća povijesne zbiljnosti (Horrors of War: Historical Reality and Philosophy).