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The Aldo Moro Murder Case (Hardcover, New)
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The Aldo Moro Murder Case (Hardcover, New)
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Aldo Moro's kidnapping and violent death in 1978 shocked Italy as
no other event has during the entire history of the Republic. It
had much the same effect in Italy as the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy had in the United States, with both cases giving
rise to endless conspiracy theories. The dominant Christian
Democratic leader for twenty years, Moro had embodied the country's
peculiar religious politics, its values as well as its practices.
He was perceived as the most exemplary representative of the
Catholic political tradition in Italy. The Red Brigades who killed
him thought that in striking Moro they would cause the collapse of
the capitalist establishment and clear the way for a
Marxist-Leninist revolution. In his thorough account of the long
and anguished quest for justice in the Moro murder case, Richard
Drake provides a detailed portrait of the tragedy and its aftermath
as complex symbols of a turbulent age in Italian history. Since
Moro's murder, documents from two parliamentary inquiries and four
sets of trials explain the historical and political process and
illuminate two enduring themes in Italian history. First, the
records contain a wealth of examples bearing on the nation's
longstanding culture of ideological extremism and violence. Second,
Moro's story reveals much about the inner workings of democracy
Italian style, including the roles of the United States and the
Mafia. These insights are especially valuable today in
understanding why the Italian establishment is in a state of
collapse. The Moro case also explores the worldwide problem of
terrorism. In great detail, the case reveals the mentality, the
tactics, and the strategy of the Red Brigades and related groups.
Moro's fate has a universal poignancy, with aspects of a classical
Greek tragedy. Drake provides a full historical account of how the
Italian people have come to terms with this tragedy.
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