Assassinations and Murder in Modern Italy

1. Introduction
Stephen Gundle, Lucia Rinaldi

Part I. Fascism and Anti-Fascism

2. Revisiting an Assassination: The Death of Carlo Rosselli
Stanislao G. Pugliese

3. Fascists and Fetishes: Clara Petacci and the Masochistic Scene
Elizabeth Leake

4. What Does It Matter if You Die? The Seven Cervi Brothers
Philip Cooke

Part II. State Killings

5. Rosi’s Il caso Mattei: Making the Case for Conspiracy
Mary P. Wood

6. The Death of Giuseppe Pinelli: Truth, Representation, Memory
John Foot

7. The Genoa G8 and the Death of Carlo Giuliani
Duncan McDonnell

Part III. The Moro Affair

8. The Moro Affair: Interpretations and Consequences
Tobias Abse

9. From History to Mystery: The Parliamentary Inquiries into the Kidnapping and Murder of Aldo Moro, 1979–2001
David Moss

Part IV. Mafia Murders

10. The Murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo and the Origins of the Mystique of the Mafia
Salvatore Coluccello

11. Mafia and Antimafia: Sciascia and Borsellino in Vincenzo Consolo’s Lo spasimo di Palermo
Daragh O’Connell

Part V. True Crime

12. Chi l’ha vista? Reflections on the Montesi Case
Karen Pinkus

13. Pasolini’s Murder: Interpretation, Event Narratives, and Postmodern Impegno
Robert S. C. Gordon

14. Making a Killing: The “Monster of Florence” and the Trial(s) of Pietro Pacciani
Ellen Nerenberg

15. Fashion Victims: The Gucci and Versace Murders
Stephen Gundle, Lucia Rinaldi

16. Between True Crime and Fiction: The World of Carlo Lucarelli
Giuliana Pieri

Part VI. The Legacy of Anarchism

17. The Anarchist Assassin and Italian History, 1870s to 1930s
Carl Levy

18. Failed Anarchists and Anti-Heroes in Lina Wertmüller’s Amore e anarchia
Dana Renga

Keywords: History, European History, Modern History, Social History, Cultural History, History of Italy