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The Sicilian Separatist Movement, which demanded an independent Sicilian nation, was one of the most pressing problemsfor the Italian state between 1943 and 1946. This book examines the movements origins, leaders, and followers, as well as the actions in which separatists engaged to establish a free Sicily, the factors that caused the movements demise, and its legacy.
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Separatism, the Allies and the Mafia : The Struggle for Sicilian Independence, 1943-1948
author
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Finkelstein, Monte S.
publisher
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Lehigh University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0934223513
print isbn13
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9780934223515
ebook isbn13
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9780585188980
language
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English
subject
Sicily (Italy)--History--Autonomy and independence movements, Sicily (Italy)--Politics and government--1870-1945, Sicily (Italy)--Politics and government--1945- , Italy--History--Allied occupation, 1943-1947, Mafia--Italy--Sicily.
publication date
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1999
lcc
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DG869.2.F56 1998eb
ddc
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945.091
subject
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Sicily (Italy)--History--Autonomy and independence movements, Sicily (Italy)--Politics and government--1870-1945, Sicily (Italy)--Politics and government--1945- , Italy--History--Allied occupation, 1943-1947, Mafia--Italy--Sicily.
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Separatism, the Allies, and the Mafia
The Struggle for Sicilian Independence, 1943-1948
Monte S. Finkelstein
Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press London: Associated University Presses
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1998 by Associated University Presses, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicatio Data Finkelstein, Monte S., 1950 Separatism, the allies and the mafia : the struggle for Scilian independence, 1943-1948 / Monte S. Finkelstein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-934223-51-3 (alk. paper) 1. Autonomy and independence movementsItalySicily. 2. Sicily (Italy)Politics and government1870-1945. 3. Sicily (Italy) Politics and government1945 4. ItalyHistoryAllied occupation, 1943-1947. 5. MafiaItalySicily. I. Title. DG869.2.F56 1998 945.091dc21 98-13534 CIP
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
13
1. Sicily from Mussolini to Badoglio
18
2. The Birth of the Separatist Movement
36
3. The Struggle Begins
53
4. Separatism and Its Enemies
69
5. On the Rise
93
6. At the Height
106
7. In the Balance
126
8. The Radical Phase
137
9. Decline
150
10. The State Acts
163
11. The End
175
Epilogue
186
Notes
196
Bibliography
267
Index
277
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Preface
Regionalism has played a crucial role in shaping Italian history. Today, 125 years after the Risorgimento, unity is again threatened by calls for separatism or federalism. The popularity of Umberto Bossi and the Northern League is a reflection of the more materially advanced north's desire to rid itself of southern Italy's social and economic ills. Rather than being dismissed as an impractical idealist, or threatened with imprisonment for his views, Bossi has become a preeminent politician on the national level.
Fifty years ago, Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile met a quite different fate. As head of the Sicilian separatist movement, Finocchiaro Aprile called for Sicilian independence within a federal state. But, instead of gaining the status of a rather serious national leader, Finocchiaro Aprile and his followers were reviled as betrayers of the Risorgimento, and traitors to the nation. Instead of attaining the pinnacle of political power, Finocchiaro Aprile was imprisoned by the Italian state, and his movement dismantled.
The separatist movement of 1943-1948 represented the climax of regionalism in Sicily. It expressed the frustrations of one of the poorest regions of Italy, which felt it could prosper only by freeing itself from an abusive national government. It is a cruel irony that the strongest calls for federalism now emanate from the most prosperous provinces of Italy. The complaints may have a different twist, but the parallels between Bossi's Northern League and Finocchiaro Aprile's separatist movement are striking. Both show that Italian unification is not yet complete.
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