Getting the Boot

by Matt Frei

The Southern Europe correspondent for the BBC describes Italy's 1980s dependence on graft and how the arrest of politicians and businessmen caused the system to collapse in 1992

Genres: History

273 pages, Hardcover

First published October 3, 1995

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Think politics are messed up in the US? You'll feel much better about our system after you read this. I wish there were a sequel to chronicle the post-Lire era and more Berlusconi high jinks.