John Dickie Libri

Pizza napoletana, bistecca alla fiorentina, saltimbocca alla romana, risotto alla milanese, pesto genovese e trapanese, olive ascolane, mostarda di Cremona. Non fatevi ingannare: non è una lista delle delizie all’italiana. È la dimostrazione che la cucina del Bel Paese è una cucina di città. Altro che mito contadino... «Gli italiani a volte parlano di una ‘civiltà della tavola’. È una definizione che abbraccia i tanti e diversi aspetti di una cultura che trovano espressione attraverso il cibo: dall’economia agricola alle ricette per i sottaceti, dai legami familiari alla tecnica corretta per sputare un nocciolo d’oliva nella mano. Il cibo è affascinante, ma in definitiva è molto più affascinante chi lo produce, lo cucina, lo mangia e ne parla. Ecco perché questo libro è una storia della civiltà della tavola italiana, non semplicemente la storia di quello che gli italiani mettono in tavola».

Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings of this secret society with a murderous record. He explains how the mafia began, how it responds to threats and challenges, and introduces us to the real-life characters that inspired the American imagination for generations, making the mafia an international, larger than life cultural phenomenon. Dickie's dazzling cast of characters includes Antonio Giammona, the first "boss of bosses''; New York cop Joe Petrosino, who underestimated the Sicilian mafia and paid for it with his life; and Bernard "the Tractor" Provenzano, the current boss of bosses who has been hiding in Sicily since 1963.

The author of the bestselling COSA NOSTRA and MAFIA BROTHERHOODS explores the terrifying consequences of the rise of the Italian mafias.

Not since Anthony Eden's Suez War of 1956 has Britain's foreign policy provoked such intense controversy. But how are British foreign policy decisions taken? How does British diplomacy actually work? For generations the Foreign Office operated as an elitist, secretive institution resisting intrusion and change. Now this book reveals the revolution which transformed the Foreign Office. John Dickie describes for the first time how the new mandarins are tested, selected, trained and promoted in Britain's Diplomatic Service. His unrivalled knowledge has enabled him to illuminate the structures of foreign policy making in London, the relationships between career diplomats and the Foreign Secretary, and the workings of the backroom experts connected to shadowy, powerful figures in other capitals. Dickie discloses much that was not previously known, such as the operations of the Anglo-American Intelligence network; the distrust of Britain's European partners; the ""brain trust"" of academics who provide intellectual rationale for policies; the ways in which foreign policy is affected from the outside through M.P.s, think-tanks, campaigning non-government-organizations and the media.

The author of the bestselling COSA NOSTRA explores the previously underexposed mafias of Southern Italy.

Professor John Dickie's riveting new history of Freemasonry - an organization as mysterious as it is influential.

Dějiny italské mafie jsou psány krví. John Dickie, autor knihy Cosa Nostra, se ponořil ještě hlouběji do archivů a ve světle nejnovějších poznatků rozkrývá vznik a historii tří nejvýznamnějších odnoží italské mafie: sicilské Cosy Nostry, neapolské Camorry a kalábrijské \\\'Ndranghety. Na jednotlivých příbězích ukazuje tragické osudy statečných můžu a žen, kteří se mafii postavili a představuje heroické soudce a policisty, kteří proti mafii neúnavně bojovali a často ve jméno spravedlnosti položili život.

The Sicilian mafia is far from being Italy's most powerful and dangerous criminal fraternity. The south of the country hosts two other major mafias: the Camorra from Naples and its hinterland, and the 'Ndrangheta, the mafia of Calabria. In this book John Dickie studies Italy's less well known - but equally dark - brotherhoods of crime.