Urota Blaškić

In her uncompromising work of investigative journalism, The Blaškić Conspiracy (Urota Blaškić), prominent investigative journalist Jasna Babić goes beyond a mere reconstruction of the trial before the Hague Tribunal; she dissects the dark anatomy of political and intelligence power in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1990s.

The book provides a detailed account of the case of HVO General Tihomir Blaškić, who was initially sentenced to 45 years in prison before being acquitted of the key war crimes charges related to the Lašva Valley conflict during the appellate proceedings. Babić offers an in-depth analysis of how the commander of the Central Bosnia Operational Zone was systematically sacrificed by the political and state leadership in Zagreb. According to her research, Blaškić was turned into the ideal "designated scapegoat" for a policy whose true architects sat far from the front lines, executing secret plans for the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the international trading of territories.

Drawing on numerous documents, testimonies, and insider information, the author lays bare the collusion between politics, organized crime, and intelligence agencies, revealing how legal proceedings were rigged, key military documents concealed, and intelligence data manipulated. "The Blaškić Conspiracy" thus outgrows the framework of a judicial and military fate and becomes a terrifying case study of how the state sacrifices its loyal soldiers for higher, cynical political goals, leaving a permanent stain on the moral credibility of the system at that time.