The book "History of Croatian Diplomacy 2" by author Darko Bekić was published by Školska knjiga and presented to the public on Wednesday at the 48th Interliber International Book Fair. The work covers the period from 1918 to the international recognition of Croatia on 15 January 1992.
This is the second volume, published ten years after the first. The first volume of the "History of Croatian Diplomacy" deals with the period from the 7th century to 1918, while the new volume is divided into four parts. They cover the interwar period, the Second World War, Croatia's position in socialist Yugoslavia, and the diplomatic path towards independence and international recognition.
The author distinguishes between two types of diplomacy in the work: internal and external. Darko Bekić is a scientist and diplomat with long-standing experience in international relations and a former foreign policy advisor to the first president of the Republic of Croatia, Franjo Tuđman.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman assessed that Bekić belongs to the top tier of Croatian diplomats. He also highlighted that the two volumes together constitute an extensive work of approximately 1,500 to 1,600 pages.
Školska knjiga also presented "Lica naličja", the 43rd book by Ivan Aralica, at the fair. The work was described as Aralica's longest and most monumental literary project, and consists of two short stories, "Žar" and "Vratar slamnatih krovova".
Publisher Ante Žužul recalled that he began his collaboration with Aralica 15 years ago at the Frankfurt Book Fair and signed a contract with him to publish all his works. Academician Ratko Cvetnić singled out the "Morlachic Trilogy" and "Pse u trgovištu" as the central part of Aralica's opus.
