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Preface : leaders matter
Introduction : why leaders matter
pt. 1: Creation stories: the nineteenth century. Chasing prestige and security
How to build a state : Count Cavour, Itō Hirobumi, and Yamagata Aritomo
How to build wealth : Alessandro Rossi, Ōkubo Toshimichi, and Shibusawa Eichi
pt. 2: Liberal exhaustion: the early twentieth century. The death of liberalism : Giovanni Giolitti and Hara Kei
The birth of corporatism : Mutō Sanji, Alessandro Rossi, Kishi Nobusuke, Giovanni Agnelli, and Ayukawa Gisuke
The total leader : Benito Mussolini
pt. 3: In the American imperium: the Cold War. Chasing democracy
What kind of ally to be : Alcide de Gasperi and Yoshida Shigeru
Putting corruption in its place : Kishi Nobusuke and Amintore Fanfani
pt. 4: Degrees of freedom: after the Cold War. Chasing normality
Choices on the left : Achille Occhetto and Fuwa Tetsuzō
Options on the right : Umberto Bossi, Silvio Berlusconi, Ozawa Ichirō, and Ishihara Shintarō
Conclusion : how leaders have mattered in Italy and Japan.
Introduction : why leaders matter
pt. 1: Creation stories: the nineteenth century. Chasing prestige and security
How to build a state : Count Cavour, Itō Hirobumi, and Yamagata Aritomo
How to build wealth : Alessandro Rossi, Ōkubo Toshimichi, and Shibusawa Eichi
pt. 2: Liberal exhaustion: the early twentieth century. The death of liberalism : Giovanni Giolitti and Hara Kei
The birth of corporatism : Mutō Sanji, Alessandro Rossi, Kishi Nobusuke, Giovanni Agnelli, and Ayukawa Gisuke
The total leader : Benito Mussolini
pt. 3: In the American imperium: the Cold War. Chasing democracy
What kind of ally to be : Alcide de Gasperi and Yoshida Shigeru
Putting corruption in its place : Kishi Nobusuke and Amintore Fanfani
pt. 4: Degrees of freedom: after the Cold War. Chasing normality
Choices on the left : Achille Occhetto and Fuwa Tetsuzō
Options on the right : Umberto Bossi, Silvio Berlusconi, Ozawa Ichirō, and Ishihara Shintarō
Conclusion : how leaders have mattered in Italy and Japan.