serious historians are inclined to dismiss the legend of Luciano's foulard nowadays. When confronted with scepticism about his account by a journalist of La Repubblica in 2000, Pantaleone maintained his version as an eyewitness to the events. Publications "Mafia e politica 1943-1962", Turin: Giulio Einaudi editore, 1962 (English version: "The Mafia and Politics", London: Chatto & Windus, 1966) "Mafia e droga", Turin: Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1966 "Antimafia: occasione mancata", Turin: Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1969 "L'industria del potere", Bologna: Cappelli, 1972 "L’antimafia in tribunale", Centro editoriale del mezzogiorno, 1976 "A cavallo della tigre", Flaccovio, 1984 "Mafia e antimafia", Naples: Tullio Pironti Editore, 1992 "Omertà di stato", Naples: Tullio Pironti Editore, 1993 Articles Poi arrivò Lucky Luciano e anche Napoli fu Cosa Nostra, article by Michele Pantaleone in I Siciliani, March 1983 Biography Grasso, Mario 1994. "Michele Pantaleone personaggio scomodo. Una vita contro la mafia e la malagiustizia", Prova d'Autore: References Caruso, Alfio (2000). Da cosa nasce cosa. Storia della mafia del 1943 a oggi, Milan: Longanesi Dickie, John (2004). Cosa Nostra. A history of the Sicilian Mafia, London: Coronet, Lewis, Norman (1964/2003). Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed, London: Eland, Lupo, Salvatore (2009). History of the Mafia, New York: Columbia University Press, Newark, Tim (2007). Mafia Allies. The True Story of America’s Secret Alliance with the Mob in World War II, Saint Paul (MN): Zenith Press (Review) Servadio, Gaia (1976), Mafioso. A history of the Mafia from its origins to the present day, London: Secker & Warburg External links 'The Society of Friends', by Luigi Barzini, The New York Review of Books, September 22, 1966, review of The Mafia and Politics, by Michele Pantaleone. Hoodlums & History, Time Magazine, August 5, 1966, review of The Mafia and Politics, by Michele Pantaleone. Obituary in Italian by ANSA 1911 births 2002 deaths People from Villalba, Sicily Italian Socialist Party politicians Italian Communist Party politicians 20th-century Italian politicians Italian male journalists Antimafia Writers from Sicily Historians of the Sicilian Mafia 20th-century Italian journalists Politicians from the Province of Caltanissetta 20th-century Italian male writers