Editing Franjo Tuđman (section)

==Institute==
In 1963, he became professor at the [[Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb]] where he taught a course called "Socialist Revolution and Contemporary National History".<ref name="Istrapedia">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://istrapedia.hr/hrv/1485/tudman-franjo/istra-a-z|title=Tudjman, Franjo|encyclopedia=Istrapedia|language=hr|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> He left active army service in 1961 at his own request and began working at the [[Institute for the History of the Workers' Movement in Croatia]], and remained its director until 1967.<ref name="Istrapedia"/>

Tuđman's increasing insistence on a Croatian interpretation of history{{Clarify|date=December 2015}} turned many professors from University of Zagreb like [[Mirjana Gross]] and [[Ljubo Boban]] against him.{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=83}} In April 1964, Boban denounced Tuđman as a [[Croatian nationalism|nationalist]].{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=83}} During Tuđman's leadership the institute became a source of alternative interpretations of Yugoslav history which caused his conflict with official Yugoslav historiography.{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=82}} He did not have an appropriate academic degree to qualify him as a historian. He began to realize that he would need to obtain a doctorate in order to keep his position. His dissertation was entitled ''The Causes of the Crisis of the Yugoslav Monarchy from [[Creation of Yugoslavia|Unification in 1918]] until [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Its Breakdown in 1941]]'', and was a compilation of some of his previously published works. The University of Zagreb's [[Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb|Faculty of Philosophy]] rejected his dissertation, on the grounds that some parts of it had already been published.{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=119}} The Faculty of Arts in Zadar (then part of University of Zagreb, today [[University of Zadar]]) accepted it and he graduated on 28 December 1965.{{sfn|Hudelist|2004|p=401}}{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=119}}

In his thesis, he stated that the primary cause of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]'s breakdown was the repressive and corrupted regime which was at odds with the contemporary mainstream Yugoslav historiography which considered Croatian nationalism to be its primary cause.{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=119}} Bogdanov and Milutinović (both ethnic Serbs) did not object to this. However, the Zagreb-based publisher ''Naprijed'' cancelled the contract following his refusal to change some controversial statements in the book.{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=119}} He publicly supported the goals of the [[Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language]].{{Clarify|date=June 2011}} The [[Croatian Parliament]] and [[League of Communists of Croatia]] from Zagreb, however, attacked it and the board of the institute requested Tuđman's resignation.{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=147}}
[[File:Franjo Tuđman Institutu za radnički pokret.jpg|thumb|right|Tuđman giving a speech at the Institute for the Workers' Movement in Zagreb]]

In December 1966, [[Ljubo Boban]] accused Tuđman of [[plagiarism]],{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=126}} stating that Tuđman had compiled four-fifths of his doctoral thesis, ''The Creation of the Socialist Yugoslavia'', from Boban's work. Boban offered conclusive proofs to his claim from articles published previously in the magazine ''Forum'' and the rest from Boban's own thesis.{{sfn|Sadkovich|2010|p=126}} Tuđman was then expelled from the institute and forced to retire in 1967.<ref name="moljac">{{cite web|url=http://www.moljac.hr/biografije/tudjman.htm|title=Franjo Tuđman|publisher=Moljac.hr|access-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508152706/http://www.moljac.hr/biografije/tudjman.htm|archive-date=8 May 2013}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=August 2013}}{{better source needed|date=September 2024}}

Between 1962 and 1967, he was the president of the Main Committee for International Relations of the Croatian League of Communists Main Board{{Clarify|What is this?|date=May 2015}} and deputy in the Croatian Parliament between 1965 and 1969.<ref name="moljac"/>{{better source needed|date=September 2024}}