The history of republican Italy is often summarized through a few essential references: the anti-fascist Resistance, Christian Democracy, the Italian Communist Party, the Years of Lead, the Moro case, and then the political and financial scandals of the late twentieth century. Yet behind this official chronology lies another…
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Repeatedly, we have highlighted on these pages the systematic interference by the United States in Italian sovereignty, including constant and systematic meddling by American intelligence agencies in the operations of their Italian counterparts under the guise of anti-communism. Benedetta Tobagi, in her recent book published by Einaudi, Segreti…
Hitchcock’s Decline and the CIA’s Intervention In 1968, the career of British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock seemed to be nearing its end. After the lukewarm success of Marnie (1963), his next film, Torn Curtain (1966), starring two of the highest-paid actors of the time, Paul Newman and Julie Andrews,…
Nel XXI secolo, due minacce senza precedenti minacciano la sopravvivenza della nostra specie: la guerra nucleare e la crisi climatica. Entrambe le crisi, frutto di decisioni politiche ed economiche, hanno portato il mondo sull’orlo di una catastrofe. La crisi climatica avanza a un ritmo inesorabile, mentre la minaccia…
The appointment of Sublieutenant James Angleton, known by the codename “Artifice,” as head of the Special Counter Intelligence Unit Z (SCI-Z) in Rome marks a turning point in the history of Allied counterespionage during World War II. Founded in Naples in January 1944, the primary purpose of SCI-Z…