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Zusatztext A frightening case study . . . that has plenty of bearing on our own media-driven politics. ( BusinessWeek ) With a sharp knife and a clear eye! Stille . . . has dissected the remarkable! revolting story of the rise of the former (and future?) prime minister of Italy! and the political-cultural revolution that he has fathered! for good and mostly for bad. . . . Fascinating. ( Los Angeles Times ) This riveting! unsparing biography is not merely an exposT of Berlusconi but a vivid lesson in how! under the right conditions! any man of wealth and few scruples can manipulate an entire nation. ( Chicago Tribune ) Informationen zum Autor Alexander Stille is the author of The Future of the Past , Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic , and Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism , which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine , and other publications. Klappentext Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called "one of the best English-language writers on Italy" by the New York Times Book Review, and in The Sack of Rome he sets out to answer the question: What happens when vast wealth, a virtual media monopoly, and acute shamelessness combine in one man? Many are the crimes of Silvio Berlusconi, Stille argues, and, with deft analysis, he weaves them into a single mesmerizing chronicle-an epic saga of rank criminality, cronyism, and self-dealing at the highest levels of power. Zusammenfassung Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called "one of the best English-language writers on Italy" by the New York Times Book Review ! and in The Sack of Rome he sets out to answer the question: What happens when vast wealth! a virtual media monopoly! and acute shamelessness combine in one man? Many are the crimes of Silvio Berlusconi! Stille argues! and! with deft analysis! he weaves them into a single mesmerizing chronicle—an epic saga of rank criminality! cronyism! and self-dealing at the highest levels of power. ...
