Silvio Berlusconi: A Biography

2012-05-15 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Steven Needham
Release : 2012-05-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 892/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silvio Berlusconi: A Biography written by Steven Needham. This book was released on 2012-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silvio Berlusconi is a polarizing politician who is sometimes adored and sometimes reviled by the people of Italy and by others around the world. An extremely wealthy and powerful man, Berlusconi rose to the top of European society and wielded considerable political influence over the country for over seventeen years. A media mogul, Berlusconi became an international celebrity due to his personal charisma and charm. Handsome and smooth, Berlusconi was very popular with women and his considerable libido led to many personal scandals. Born into fairly modest circumstances, Berlusconi consolidated power and political influence and formed a coalition that maintained control of the Italian government for over a decade. He was often accused of dishonest or illegal connections and may have even had ties to the Mafia. Many Italians loved their Prime Minister, but when the Italian economy began to falter, Berlusconi's life began to look debased and overly hedonistic. His selfish behavior sent a message that that he cared little for his fellow countrymen. When he was forced to resign in 2012, Berlusconi left the Italian government in shame but he still remains one of that country's wealthiest citizens. This is his bizarre story from his mild-mannered beginnings to the present day.

My Way

2015 Italy

Author : Alan Friedman
Release : 2015
Genre : Italy
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 868/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book My Way written by Alan Friedman. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From cruise-ship crooner to real-estate tycoon, billionaire media mogul to the longest-serving and most controversial Prime Minister Italy has ever known, Silvio Berlusconi's life has been nothing less than a whirlwind of epic transformations. A self-made hero of the people to some, while a sex-crazed, interest-driven opportunist to others, this polarising figure evokes strong reactions from both sides of the political spectrum - adored and despised in equal measure by the Italian electorate, and seen as something of an enigma by the rest of the world."--Publisher's web site.

Silvio Berlusconi

2023-02-27 Biography & Autobiography

Author : United Library
Release : 2023-02-27
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 589/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silvio Berlusconi written by United Library. This book was released on 2023-02-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to know more about the most controversial Prime Minister in Italian history? Silvio Berlusconi was a media mogul who turned to politics and became the Prime Minister of Italy. He was a polarizing figure, both loved and hated by many. His career was full of highs and lows, and his biography is an interesting read for anyone interested in politics or Italian history. Silvio Berlusconi is one of the most well-known Italian figures in modern history. He rose to fame through his success in business and media, becoming a billionaire with vast investments in the private sector and the founding of a media empire including television networks, newspapers, and radio stations. However, he remained in the public eye following his foray into politics when he became Prime Minister of Italy from 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and again from 2008-2011. His career was riddled with scandal due to accusations of corruption and financial mismanagement. Despite breaching Italian law on several occasions and being charged with fraud, bribery, and tax evasion he had immense popularity among those with conservative political beliefs - earning victories in elections during his time as Prime Minister. Ultimately however, the controversy of his reign led to Berlusconi's downfall and eventual conviction for corruption in 2013. This book is a fascinating story about one of the most controversial figures in recent history. If you want to learn more about Silvio Berlusconi, this is the perfect book for you.

Silvio Berlusconi's Italy

2016-05-20

Author : Vittorio Vandelli
Release : 2016-05-20
Genre :
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Book Rating : 347/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silvio Berlusconi's Italy written by Vittorio Vandelli. This book was released on 2016-05-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST at 2015 LONDON BOOK FAIR's THE WRITE STUFF prize. Can a non-fictional book be as interesting as a page-turner fictional plot?Can it be at the same time a tycoon's biography, a mafia tale, a gangster story, a political thriller, an essay on democracy, a dystopia, a sociological analysis of a nation, a scandalous sex story? If the subject-matter is Silvio Berlusconi's incredible story and Italy, the answer is yes. This book, in fact, is a unique portrait of Italy's godfather and also a detailed picture of Italian society, an attempt to allow the foreign reader to understand how it has been possible for an alleged mafia-linked business magnate and media tycoon, constantly in trouble with justice and drenched in vice, to become the most popular political leader, Prime Minister and the absolute master of the country for the last twenty years. Berlusconi is often considered the personification of corruption, of disrespect for the law, of the liaison between organized crime - politics, of immoral behaviour, typical features of that 'immoral majority' of the country. Still, there are many open questions that this book tries to answer: How come Berlusconi grabbed complete control of all Italian information and used it as a Weapon of Mass Deception that turned viewers into faithful voters? How was he able to pass laws ad-personam that made him almost untouchable by the Judicial Power and favoured his business and financial activities in an unfair game? Can we say that Berlusconi is the very symbol of a concentration of political, economic and media power in one single person never seen before, a fact that has created the greatest conflicts of interests in the Western World, or is he just another pawn in a bigger game? What is hidden under Italy's well-known surface beauty, artistry and creativity? Does Dante's underworld Inferno still exist today? Is the erosion of democracy in Berlusconi's period a trend of modern capitalism, as some 'dystopian' writers predicted?

Silvio Berlusconi

2020-05-05 History

Author : Paul Ginsborg
Release : 2020-05-05
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 114/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silvio Berlusconi written by Paul Ginsborg. This book was released on 2020-05-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made man with a taste for luxurious living, owner of a huge television empire and the politician who likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard-small wonder that much of democratic Europe and America has responded with considerable dismay and disdain to his governance of Italy. Paul Ginsborg, contemporary Italy's foremost historian, explains here why we should take Berlusconi seriously. His new book combines historical narrative-Berlusconi's childhood in the dynamic and paternalist Milanese bourgeoisie, his strict religious schooling, a working life which has encompassed crooning, large construction projects and the creation of a commercial television empire-with careful analysis of Berlusconi's political development. While highlighting the particular italianita of Berlusconi's trajectory, Ginsborg also finds international tendencies, such as the distorted relationship between the media system and politics. Throughout, Ginsborg suggests that Berlusconi has gotten as far as he has thanks to the wide-open space left by the strategic weaknesses of modern left-wing politics.

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