John Dickie Libros

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

Takes a revelatory historical journey through the flavours of Italy's cities. From the pleasure gardens of Renaissance Ferrara, to the putrid alleyways of nineteenth-century Naples, this work shows how violence and intrigue, as well as taste and creativity, went to make the world's favourite cuisine

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.

COSA NOSTRA is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. The mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remained the same. Now, for the first time, COSA NOSTRA reconstructs the complete history of the Sicilian mafia from its origins to the present day, from the lemon groves and sulphur mines of Sicily, to the streets of Manhattan. COSA NOSTRA is a definitive history, rich in atmosphere, and with the narrative pace of the best detective fiction. The mob genre has finally grown up.

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.