About the Author

Franco Ferraresi is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Turin. For many years he was a consultant with the inquiry committee of the Italian Parliament on political massacres. He has been a visitor and guest lecturer in many universities in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Much of the research for this book was carried out at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Reviews

"[A]n invaluable survey of [the far right] . . . in post-1945 Italy--its ideologies and myths, its tactics, attempted coups, and acts of terrorism. What he has unearthed is often terrifying."
*Foreign Affairs*