Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy - Couverture souple

Willan, Philip

 
9780595246977: Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595246974 ISBN 13 : 9780595246977
Editeur : iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

The CIA has been accused of a massive intelligence failure in the run-up to the 9/11 attacks -- the result, it is said, of a moralistic and bureaucratic approach to information-gathering. But the CIA's spies had few qualms when it came to cultivating terrorist organisations and interfering in the internal politics of Cold War Italy. Puppetmasters reveals how US intelligence services exploited the P2 masonic lodge to prop up friendly Christian Democrat-dominated governments and counter the growing political influence of the Italian Communist Party. It was a ruthless strategy involving coup plots, right wing terrorist bombings and the manipulation of the Red Brigades. And it gave Italy one of the bloodiest and most protracted periods of terrorist violence ever seen in a modern, industrialised society.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The CIA has been accused of a massive intelligence failure in the run-up to the 9/11 attacks -- the result, it is said, of a moralistic and bureaucratic approach to information-gathering. But the CIA's spies had few qualms when it came to cultivating terrorist organisations and interfering in the internal politics of Cold War Italy. Puppetmasters reveals how US intelligence services exploited the P2 masonic lodge to prop up friendly Christian Democrat-dominated governments and counter the growing political influence of the Italian Communist Party. It was a ruthless strategy involving coup plots, right wing terrorist bombings and the manipulation of the Red Brigades. And it gave Italy one of the bloodiest and most protracted periods of terrorist violence ever seen in a modern, industrialised society.

Biographie de l'auteur

Philip Willan is a British author and freelance journalist who has lived in Rome for more than 20 years. He helped research David Yallop's best-selling book "In God's Name", on the alleged murder of Pope John Paul I. He currently writes for a number of newspapers including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595246974
ISBN 13 
9780595246977
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
374
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9780094705906: Puppetmasters: Political Use of Terrorism in Italy

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0094705909 ISBN 13 :  9780094705906
Editeur : Constable, 1991
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