The Dark Heart of Italy (45 page)
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Authors: Tobias Jones
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Quintanilla, Roberto
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RAI television
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advisory committee
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American bid for RAI infrastructure
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berated by Minister for Communications
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Berlusconi lists journalists to be sacked
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following Mediaset’s example
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new directors appointed
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opposition to Mediaset channels
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political interference
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ratings battle
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sell-off proposed by Berlusconi
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see also
Berlusconi, Silvio, media interests; Mediaset television; television
Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph
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interview with author
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Reagan, Ronald
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Realacci, Ermete
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Red Brigades–Combatant Communist Party
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Refounded Communist Party
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withdrawal from left-wing coalition
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Reggio Calabria
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Reporters Without Borders
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Republic of Salò (
Repubblica Sociale
Italiana
)
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Rijkaard, Frank
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Rizzoli newspaper group
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Rognoni, Giancarlo
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Ronaldo
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Rosi, Francesco
Cadaveri Eccellenti
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Le Mani Sulla Città
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royal family
see Principi Savoia
resignation
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Rumor, Mariano
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Daisy coalition
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Sacchi, Arrigo
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Saccucci, Sandro
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Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
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Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie
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Sant’Anna di Stazzema
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Saudi Arabia
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Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi
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Sciascia, Leonardo
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Scoppola, Pietro
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Scotti, Gerry
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Secolo XIX
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Selva, Gustavo
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September 11th terrorist attacks
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Serie B
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Settimana Enigmistica
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Sgarbi, Vittorio
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Siciliano, Martino
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disappearance
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Sicily
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Siena
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Silone, Ignazio
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Sindona, Michele
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faked kidnapping
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murder
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Sinisalco, Domenico
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Skorzeny, Otto
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Slaughter Commission (
Commissione
Stragi
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smoking ban
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Sodano, Calogero
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contempt for judiciary
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interview with author
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leader of
Lotta Continua
movement
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Solidarietà Internazionale
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Sorrisi e Canzoni
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Sottile, Salvo
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Souness, Graeme
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Spoon River Anthology
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spregiudicatezza
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Staglieno cemetery, Genoa
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Stajano, Corrado
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Stam, Japp
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Statuto dei Lavoratori
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Stendhal (Henri Marie Beyle)
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striscione
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Taine, Hyppolite
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see also
Clean Hands
Taormina, Carlo
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attack on magistrature
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Telemilano
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Berlusconi see Berlusconi, Silvio
commercialism
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instrument of political propaganda
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news presentation
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sexism
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terrestrial channels
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see also
RAI television, Mediaset television
Terza Posizione
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Thatcher, Margaret
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The Economist
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Thomas à Kempis,
The Imitation
of Christ
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Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
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Togliatti, Palmiro
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Tognoli, Carlo
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Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe
Toni, Luca
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Torres Sassari
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Tortora, Enzo
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Toscanini, Arturo
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Totti, Francesco
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Transparency International
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Tronchetti Provera, Marco
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Turone, Ramon
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Vacca Agusta, Francesca
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Vajont
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Valpreda, Pietro
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Van Basten, Marco
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Vatican
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Banco Ambrosiano
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Lateran Pacts
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L’Osservatore Romano
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Veneziani, Marcello
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Ventura, Giovanni
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Verga, Giovanni
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Verona
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Vetri, Elio and Barbacetto, Gianni,
Milano degli Scandali
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Vicenza
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Viera, Patrick
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Virgil
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Visconti family
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Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy
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Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia
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Watson, Graham
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Weah, George
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Whitaker, Joseph
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Wilkins, Ray
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Wind Rose (
Rosa dei Venti
)
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Wojtyla, Karol see John Paul II
World Cup 2006
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World Economic Forum
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Years of Lead
see anni di piombo
Parts of this book first appeared in the
London Review of Books
and in
Prospect
. I am very grateful to the respective editors, Mary-Kay Wilmers and David Goodhart, and their colleagues.
I am enormously indebted to my Italian family. Heartfelt thanks to Raul Lenzi and Daniela Calebich for the open invitation to
La Torre
, for feeding me for four years and for constantly showing me all that’s best about their country. Much respect to all the Sisters Calebich, to the Diena family – Paolo, Laura and Matteo – and to Enrico Basaglia. Without the
moschettieri
from the summer of 1998 I would never have stayed here: ‘L’Albe’, ‘Il Davo’ and ‘Il Gallo’ have been very, very
grandi
.
I have had the immense fortune, over many years, of picking the large brains of Professors Diego Saglia, Jeremy Elston, Hugh Jones and Niall Ferguson. The sharing of their wisdom in times of need has been invaluable. My
avvocato
, Filippo Ziveri, has accompanied me on various journeys, and has always been very generous and judicious. I’ve also been exceptionally lucky to share the company, contacts and Catholicism of Glenn Alessi, an outsider with the inside track.
The following have all helped me out when it really counted: Rebecca Nicolson, Lucia Sbravati, Carlo Torinesi, Pino Colombi, Betta Salvini, Giovanni Granatiero, Philippa Woolf, Norah Wallace, Marco Mazzoli, Mette Rudvin, John Foot, Giuseppe Lavagetto, Robert Frew, Marcello Ziveri, Andrew Wigley, Caterina Pavese, Mario Casartelli, John ‘Killer’ Carnegie, Gloria Saccò, Mauro Levati, Stefano Mercurio, Letizia Di Chiara, Stephen Flemington, Livio Lacchini, Stephanie Tann, Mario Salvini, Ciccio Perucci, the Caramaschi family and Giovanni Camattini. Respect also to Dickon and Debbie, Sparky and Rich, Matthew
and Nicola, Alex and Amelia, Rob and Nobuko, Frances O’Sullivan Wallace, Clare Ranger and the rest. Stephen Anderman and Richard Hepwood both know I have a debt with them, and they both know why.
I have benefitted from extraordinary back-up from Britain. My agent, Georgina Capel at Capel & Land, has kept me fed and clothed. I’m hugely grateful to her and to Robert Caskie and Philippa Brewster. I will always be indebted to Walter Donohue at Faber. Writing on Italy has often been excruciating and Walter has kept me balanced in many ways other than just the financial. Thanks also to Jon Riley and everyone else at Faber for their faith and patience.
Above all else, I’m indebted to my family back in Britain. The generosity of my parents, Bob and Jane, and of my siblings, David and Vandana and Paul, defies description. Thanks to them, and to all the other Joneses, Wallaces, and Ramrakhas.
Unless otherwise stated, I take responsibility for the translations of Italian texts. Any errors, of translation or otherwise, are obviously entirely mine.