Main Character

Licio Gelli, the Great Master of the Lodge P2, is one of the main characters of the book "Unveiling the enigma" (it will be launched in USA on July). To understand Gelli, one must understand the complex post war years, when western countries identified the Communism as the biggest threat to Europe.
Gelli has long-term close links with the secret services, and various investigations have revealed evidence linking P2 to right-wing terrorist organizations. The membership of the P2 included politicians from all the main political parties, cabinet ministers, members of the police, and army; the heads of the secret services, several managers of banks and public companies, and senior civil servants. Under Gelli, the P2 became the main protagonist of the new phase of the strategy of tension, wich main objetive was to prevent the PCI (Italian Communist Party) from achieving pover in Italy and to reduce its influence in the country.
In December 1987 a Florence assize court sentenced Gelli to eight years' imprisionment for financing an armed band, whose activities included planting bombs on railway lines in Tuscany between 1973 and 1975. Meanwhile, Gelli was hidden in Argentina.