In the first full length English language account of the Clean Hands Crisis of the Italian government, Patrick McCarthy finds the roots of Berlusconis rise and fall in the practices of clientalism, the machinations of the Mafia, the corporate direction of Fiat, the edicts of the Vatican, and even the organization of the Italian soccer game.
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Most convincing account of post-war Italian history,
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This review is from: The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond (Paperback)
Now that the cat is out of the bag concerning the corrupt compromises at the heart of the post-war Italian state, recent books tend to depict modern Italy as a country whose political system was just waiting to fall apart after the Second World War. Only the extended Cold War from 1947-89 delayed the inevitable, we are told. The strength of this book is that it emphasises the internal reasons for Italy's troubles - and, also, the often underestimated room for maneuver that Italy's politicians in fact possessed to change things for the better. The last chapter or two suffer from being too close to present-day affairs, but the bulk of the book has many useful insights.
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A simple Correction on the Editor's Review,
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This review is from: The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi (Hardcover)
The Government of Silvio Berlusconi, not Paolo
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By the end of 1994 Italy had lived through three years filled with many kinds of turmoil. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Clean Hands, Forza Italia, Bank of Italy, Christian Democrats, Cold War, Red Brigades, Employers Association, Romano Prodi, Silvio Berlusconi, Social Democrats, Enrico Cuccia, Lamberto Dini, Antonio Di Pietro, Bettino Craxi, Cardinal Ruini, Eastern Europe, Enrico Berlinguer, Enrico Mattei, Giulio Andreotti, Lateran Pacts, Middle East, Salvo Lima, Treasury Minister, Freedom Pole New!
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By the end of 1994 Italy had lived through three years filled with many kinds of turmoil. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Clean Hands, Forza Italia, Bank of Italy, Christian Democrats, Cold War, Red Brigades, Employers Association, Romano Prodi, Silvio Berlusconi, Social Democrats, Enrico Cuccia, Lamberto Dini, Antonio Di Pietro, Bettino Craxi, Cardinal Ruini, Eastern Europe, Enrico Berlinguer, Enrico Mattei, Giulio Andreotti, Lateran Pacts, Middle East, Salvo Lima, Treasury Minister, Freedom Pole New!
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- The United States (Countries) by Bob Italia in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Italy in Transition: Conflict and Consensus by Peter Lange in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Italy Chooses Europe by Frank Roy Willis in Back Matter
- The Labour Party: A Centenary History by Brian Brivati on page 230
- The Day of the Owl (New York Review Books Classics) by Leonardo Sciascia in Back Matter
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- Anti-Political Establishment Parties: A Comparative Analysis (Extremism and Democracy) by Amir Abedi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Between Hollywood and Moscow: The Italian Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture, 1943–1991 (American Encounters/Global Interactions) by Stephen Gundle in Back Matter
- Railways and the Formation of the Italian State in the Nineteenth Century (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture) by Albert Schram on page 8
- The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos and the Return of History by James E. Cronin in Back Matter
- Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan by Richard J. Samuels in Back Matter
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