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Stanton H. Burnett Luca Mantovani The Italian Guillotine (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Italian Guillotine : Operation Clean Hands and the Overthrow of Italy's First Republic
- Publication Name
- The Italian Guillotine
- Title
- The Italian Guillotine
- Subtitle
- Operation Clean Hands and the Overthrow of Italy's First Republic
- ISBN-10
- 0847688771
- EAN
- 9780847688777
- ISBN
- 9780847688777
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Format
- Hardcover
- Release Year
- 1998
- Release Date
- 26/03/1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- World / European, World
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Number of Pages
- 344 Pages
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Since 1992, Italy has been wracked by what has been dubbed a 'revolution.' The five parties that once governed Italy are gone; their leaders languish in jail or exile; and numbers of politicians and businessmen committed suicide. All these dramatic events stemmed from the exposure of massive political corruption by a small group of Milan magistrates who became national heroes. Yet this controversial book argues instead that the actions of this group amounted to a coup d'etat carried out for explicit political ends. The authors examine the sources of the magistrates' political support and protection, the intended beneficiaries of their campaign, and their skillful management of the media. Along the way, they trace the magistrates' violation of the norms of due process and defendants' rights and the preferential treatment given to political and business allies. This provocative study will convincingly show readers outside Italy why the 'revolution' is becoming suspect to more and more Italians daily.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0847688771
ISBN-13
9780847688777
eBay Product ID (ePID)
246135
Product Key Features
Book Title
Italian Guillotine : Operation Clean Hands and the Overthrow of Italy's First Republic
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
World / European, World
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Dg581.B87 1998
Reviews
Burnett and Mantovani have written an excellent history of Italy during the past fifteen years, the best available in English. It is the story of the downfall of the First Republic as the result of 'Operation Clean Hands,' a story virtually ignored outside Italy and often misinterpreted. While the extent of corruption pervading the old system is never doubted, the authors show that the Milan-based judges had a political agenda of their own and that their procedures were often unlawful., The authors' great merit likes in the objectivity and meticulous documentation of their examination of the dramatic political and judicial facts that led to the destruction of a part of the Italian political class. ...The Italian Guillotine represents an important point of reference for public opinion, for politicians, and for historians., The most interesting part is the analysis of the mechanisms and causes of corruption. They offer an economic explanation, the fragility of which explains the system's unraveling..., Few readers of these riveting pages will fail to understand how deep the threat to democracy is, now represented by the Clean Hands investigators themselves, not by corruption., The authors argue a controversial point of view persuasively....[They] painstakingly document their case against the magistrates....[The book's] strength is the insights it provides into the motives and style of actors in contemporary Italian politics and media., The best, in fact, that has yet been written on the subject in terms of documentation and explanations., At the end of the story, one is left with a fresh, plausible, and disturbing interpretation of the profound and controversial transformations that have taken place in the administration of justice and their revolutionary effects on Italian politics and society. The narrative is absorbing and the argument unrelenting; the authors challenge, or correct, prevailing interpretations well beyond what has been done by other writers on the subject to date., The authors' great merit likes in the objectivity and meticulous documentation of their examination of the dramatic political and judicial facts that led to the destruction of a part of the Italian political class. ... The Italian Guillotine represents an important point of reference for public opinion, for politicians, and for historians.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 What Happened to Italy? The Thesis Chapter 2 The Arena Chapter 3 The Politics of the Magistracy Chapter 4 The Lessons of History Chapter 5 The Decline and Fall of Due Process Chapter 6 The Politics of Justice Chapter 7 The Launching of the Coup Chapter 8 The Scandal Touches the Political Summit Chapter 9 The Establishment Cracks Chapter 10 Setbacks for the Government and the Parties Chapter 11 Differences in Treatment: Cagliari and Romiti Chapter 12 Parliament Confronts the Pool Chapter 13 The Red Togas and Their Thought Chapter 14 Death by Clean Hands Chapter 15 The Cusani Trial Chapter 16 Berlusconi Chapter 17 The Biondi Decree-Law Chapter 18 The Pool Attacks the Prime Minister Chapter 19 The Resignation of Di Pietro Chapter 20 Intermission: The Magistrate as Elliot Ness Chapter 21 Interregnum: Between Counter-Revolution and Endgame Chapter 22 The Final Act? Conclusion Chapter 23 Chronology Chapter 24 Cast of Characters
Copyright Date
1998
Lccn
98-012811
Dewey Decimal
945/.0929
Dewey Edition
21
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