The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond
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Book Overview
McCarthy (European studies, Johns Hopkins U.) was in the process of analyzing the Italian government of Paolo Berlusconi when it fell in December 1994. (One can be startled without being surprised.)... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0312163592
ISBN13:9780312163594
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:St. Martin's Griffin
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
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Most convincing account of post-war Italian history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
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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