Mlada Bosna

In this book, Masleša, a prominent intellectual, publicist and member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, analyzes the origin, development and conceptual foundations of Young Bosnia, a revolutionary youth movement that operated in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the beginning of the 20th century. The author examines the social and political circumstances under the Austro-Hungarian administration, the influence of national and social ideas and the actions of young Bosnians that culminated in the Sarajevo assassination in 1914.

The special value of the book lies in the fact that Young Bosnia is not presented exclusively as a national movement, but as a complex social and revolutionary phenomenon connected with the ideas of South Slavic liberation. At the same time, the work provides an insight into the post-war communist interpretation of Young Bosnia as a historical predecessor of revolutionary and liberation movements on the territory of Yugoslavia.

In addition to being a valuable source for studying the political and cultural history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the book is also an important document of the time that reflects the intellectual and ideological debates of the first half of the 20th century. The book was printed posthumously, two years after the author's death in the NOB on Sutjeska, and represents one of the most important works of early Yugoslav historiography.