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The U. S. A. up close

Name: The U. S. A. up close
Author: Peter C. Farrell
ISBN: 9780814706046

by Peter C. Farrell

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"Seeing ourselves through others' eyes is often instructive...[Prime Minister Giulio] Andreotti, a fixture of postwar Italian government, brings [to this examination of U.S. politics] a keen mind and the perspective of a political system in which charisma is suspect..."
—Foreign Affairs

"Rich, not only in the usual anecdotes of the author's encounters with famous Americans, but also in reflections on the moments that molded the extraordinary relationship between Italy and the U.S... [Andreotti] will be judged by historians to be, warts and all, one of Italy's, and Europe's, truly remarkable statesmen."
—Choice

About the Author, Peter C. Farrell

Giulio Andreotti has been Prime Minister of Italy six times and a member of cabinets for twenty-three of the last thirty- one years.

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Translated (by Peter C. Farrell) from the Italian Gli USA Visti da Vicino, with a foreword by Henry Kissinger and a new author's preface. Andreotti has been the most durable figure in Italian politics over that past 40 years, forming governments in the role of prime minister six times and serving in a number of other high positions. He writes wittily of people and events that were part of his involvement and interaction with the US over the years. No bibliography. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)