Well, more than that, perhaps he ought to review the immediate post WWII Italian political history, extending right up to 1994. Seemed like they had a new government every five minutes.
Great point. In 1999 I met an Italian woman who was amused by how Americans complained about their government. She said something to the effect of "Our government, not the party but the government itself, has changed every three years since World War II, you don't know how good you have it."
She may have been exagerrating (or I'm misremembering) but her point was clear.
Even if this is an exagerration, I guess this writer wishes we'd bailed on Italy after WWII.