Nico Perrone (born April 27, 1935) is an Italian essayist, historian and journalist.[1] He firstly discovered papers on the plot for killing
Enrico Mattei, the Italian state
tycoon for oil in the 1950s.[2]
He is the author of twenty books, and some fifty shorter essays published in Italy, Denmark and the USA. He is the author also of a thousand leading articles and other contributions to Italian and Swiss newspapers.
Biography
Born Nicola Carlo Perrone in
Bari, the only son of Raffaele and Luisa Tortorella. His father was an
Arditi volunteer during
World War I and then a mass leader. Other relatives had strong
national sentiments. In his family heritage a
Garibaldi's volunteer and a
Jacobin priest executed after he participated in 1799 revolution.
After
World War II, due to a crisis of public schools Perrone attended for two years a
Jesuit priests school, standing on the laical position of his parents but appreciating that severe and sophisticated method of teaching. Then graduated in
Diplomatic History, and held scholarships for the
University College Dublin (Ireland) and Sofiyski Universitet (
Sofia University, Bulgaria).
Charged to study foreign labour laws for
ENI, the Italian state oil holding (1961), in Rome. ENI president,
Enrico Mattei, appointed him as an observer with the Italian Ministry for the Public Administration Reform; later he worked with a
publisher in
Bari. Invited in USA with the
International Visitor Leadership Program, he received the
honorary citizenship of the State of
Nebraska (1986).
Co-editor for the Italian monthlies Storia in Rete (since 2005), and Giano (2003-2007).
Associate Professor of Contemporary History and American History at the
University of Bari; he was director for the Institute of Modern and Contemporary History (1988–90, 1991–94), and professor for the
European Union European Module in Social and Economic History of European Integration (1994–97).
Perrone has been a founder member, vice president (1995–96), member of the board (1991–98) for the EU European Education Programme on Society-Science & Technology, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (master Society, Science & Technology in Europe). He is still member of the advisory board for the
Federico Caffè Center at
Roskilde University. He has been Bari University Rector's delegate for Denmark (2002-2006). He got Bari University Silver medal (2006).
Starting from 1982, Perrone is a contributor for
RAI, the Italian state broadcasting company. He contributes to several newspapers in Italy and Switzerland (since 1971), and has been a contributor for the
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Cologne, Germany, 2001) and the Italian edition of Monthly Review.
1989. (in Italian)Mattei il nemico italiano. Politica e morte del presidente dell'
ENI attraverso i documenti segreti (Mattei, the Italian Enemy. Death and Policy of ENI's President through Secret Papers), Milan, Leonardo
MondadoriISBN978-88-355-0033-9
1991. (in Italian)Il dissesto programmato. Le partecipazioni statali nel sistema di consenso democristiano (The Planned Bankruptcy. The State Owned Industries in the Christian Democratic Consent System), Bari, Dedalo Libri
ISBN88-220-6115-2
1992. (in English and Danish)European and American Patterns in a Conflictive Development, Roskilde, RUC
ISBN87-7349-217-5
1995. (in Italian)Obiettivo Mattei. Petrolio, Stati Uniti e politica dell'
Eni (Target Mattei. Oil, United States and ENI Policy), Roma, Gamberetti
ISBN88-7990-010-2
1996. (in English)Maastricht from Scandinavia,
Roskilde, RUCI In: Festschrift 14 papers in honour of Bruno Amoroso's 60th birthday
ISBN9788773493618
1996. (in Italian)James Monroe. Il manifesto dell'imperialismo americano (
James Monroe: The Manifesto of American Imperialism), Rome, Manifestolibri
ISBN88-7285-110-6
1999. (in Italian)Giallo Mattei. I discorsi del fondatore dell'
Eni che sfidò gli United States, la
NATO e le Sette Sorelle (Mattei's Thriller. The Speeches of the Founder of ENI Who Challenged the USA, NATO, and the Seven Sisters), Rome, Stampa Alternativa Nuovi Equilibri
ISBN88-7226-508-8
2000. (in Italian)Il truglio. Infami, delatori e pentiti nel Regno di Napoli (The Muddle. Infamous, Delator, and Repentant People in the Kingdom of Naples), Palermo, Sellerio
ISBN88-389-1623-3
2002. (in Italian)Il segno della
DC. L’Italia dalla sconfitta al
G7 (The DC Sign. Italy from Its Defeat to G-7), Bari, Dedalo Libri
ISBN88-220-6253-1
2002. (in Italian)Economia pubblica rimossa (The Public Economy Removed. The Italian State Participations from the Theory of Improper Burdens to the Privatization), in Studi in onore di Luca Buttaro, Milano, Giuffrè
ISBN88-14-10088-8
2003. (in English)The International Economy from a Political to an Authoritative Drive, in Globalisation and Welfare, Roskilde, Roskilde University Press
ISBN87-7867-272-4
2006. (in Italian)La Loggia della Philantropia (The Philantropia Lodge. A Danish Priest to Naples before the Revolution. With Masonic Papers and Other Documents), Palermo, Sellerio
ISBN88-389-2141-5
2006. (in Italian)Perché uccisero
Enrico Mattei. Petrolio e guerra fredda nel primo grande delitto italiano (Why They Have Killed Enrico Mattei. Oil and Cold War in the First Great Italian Crime), Rome, L'Unità Libri
2009. (in Italian)L’inventore del trasformismo. Liborio Romano, strumento di Cavour per la conquista di Napoli (The Creator of Political Shifting. Liborio Romano, Cavour's Instrument for the Conquest of Naples), Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino
ISBN978-88-498-2496-4
2010. (in Italian)Obama. Il peso delle promesse. Yes, we can't (
Obama. Heavy Promises. Yes, We Can't), 1st and 2nd enlarged edition, Lamezia Terme, Settecolori
ISBN978-88-96986-00-4
2011. (in Italian)L'agente segreto di
Cavour. Giuseppe Massari e il mistero del diario mutilato (Cavour's secret agent. Giuseppe Massari and the mystery of his mutilated diary), Bari, Palomar
ISBN978-88-7600-414-8
2013. (in Italian)Progetto di un impero. 1823. L'annuncio dell'egemonia americana infiamma la borsa (Project of an Empire. 1823. The Announcement of American Hegemony Inflames the Stock Exchange), Naples, La Città del Sole
ISBN978-88-8292-310-5
2015. (in Italian)La profezia di
Sciascia. Una conversazione e quattro lettere, Milan, Archinto
ISBN978-88-7768-676-3
2016. (in Italian)Arrestate Garibaldi. L'ordine impossibile di Cavour, Rome, Salerno Editrice
ISBN978-88-6973-194-5
2017. (in Italian)La svolta occidentale. De Gasperi e il nuovo ruolo internazionale dell’Italia, Rome, Castelvecchi
ISBN978-88-6944-810-2
2022. (in Italian)Il realismo politico di De Gasperi. Fanfani invece vuole i missili americani, Rome, Bastogi
ISBN9-788855-011396