Pasquale Chessa, born in Alghero, is an Italian historian and journalist. He first appeared on cultural programs for the

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and then, in turn, worked on the Italian magazines L'espresso,

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. In 1995, he edited the speeches of the Italian President

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titled ''Il torto e il diritto''. He authored in 1995 a book of interviews with the historian

Renzo De Felice Renzo De Felice (8 April 1929 – 25 May 1996) was an Italian historian, who specialized in the Fascist era, writing, among other works, a 6000-page biography of Mussolini (4 volumes, 1965–1997). He argued that Mussolini was a revolutionary m ...

titled ''Rosso e il nero''. Again with Cossiga, in 2003, he co-authored ''Per carità di Patria''. On the theme of Italian history in the first half of the 20th century he has authored: in 2005 ''Guerra Civile 43–45'' a photographic history; in 2007 ''Italiani sono sempre gli altri'', with Francesco Cossiga; in 2008 ''Dux.

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'' a biography in pictures; in 2010 ''L'Ultima lettera di Benito'' with Barbara Raggi. Released in the month preceding the historic 2013 reelection of President

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he is author of ''L'ultimo comunista. La presa del potere di Giorgio Napolitano'' His work is published in Italian with some translations into French. He is currently director of th
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the newspaper of Alghero in Sardinia and lives between Rome and Paris.

Works

*''Il torto e il diritto'', with Francesco Cossiga, Mondadori, 1993. *''Rosso e nero'', with

, Milano, Baldini & Castoldi, 1997. *''Interpretazioni su Renzo De Felice'', with Francesco Villari, (contains essays by Denis Mack Smith, Marc Lazar and others), Baldini & Castoldi, 2002. *''Per carità di patria: dodici anni di storia e politica italiana, 1992–2003'', with

Francesco Cossiga Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; sc, Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, ; 1928 – 2010)
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, Mondadori, 2003. *''Guerra civile 1943-1945-1948'' Mondadori, 2005. *''Italiani sono sempre gli altri. Controstoria d'Italia da Cavour a Berlusconi'', with Francesco Cossiga, Mondadori, 2007. *''Dux. Benito Mussolini: una biografia per immagini'' Mondadori, 2008. *''L'ultima lettera di Benito. Mussolini e Petacci: amore e politica a Salò 1943–45'', with Barbara Raggi, Mondadori, 2010. *''L'Ultimo Comunista. La presa del potere di Giorgio Napolitano'', Chiarelettere, 2013The Last Communist. The taking of power by Giorgio Napolitan
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Prizes

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2002, popular section, with ''Interpretazioni su Renzo De Felice'' (Baldini & Castoldi)

References

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