The book by the author Ivan Dulić was published by the branch of the Matica Hrvatska in Vinkovci and the Matica Hrvatska (MH) cultural association in Zagreb.
The author of the 12-section book writes in the introduction that the reason for today's political controversies regarding the Bunjevci identity is the fact that, after the creation of the first South Slavic state, the lie of the non-Croatian identity of the Bunjevci and Šokci of Bačka "became a raison d'etat for the Serbian state", and that this issue is given particular political weight in the recent decades.
This controversy about the false Bunjevci identity was reactivated during the rule of Slobodan Milošević in Serbia, Dulić says, adding that the media blockade and the production of a large amount of false information in Serbia made it impossible for Croats in Bačka to gain an objective insight into the issue.