Pasquale Chessa (born 1947) is an Italian historian and journalist.
He first appeared on cultural programs for the Italian National Radio and then, in turn, worked on the Italian magazines L'espresso, L'Europeo, Epoca, and Panorama.
In 1995, he edited the speeches of the Italian President Francesco Cossiga titled Il torto e il diritto.
He wrote, in 1995, a book of interviews with the historian Renzo De Felice titled Rosso e il nero.See: Did Churchill kill Il Duce?, Times Higher Education 16 October 1995 Again with Cossiga, in 2003, he co-authored Per carità di Patria. On the theme of Italian history in the first half of the twentieth 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. Benito Mussolini a biography in pictures; in 2010 L'Ultima lettera di Benito with Barbara Raggi.
Released in the month preceding the historic 2013 re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano, he is the author of L'ultimo comunista. La presa del potere di Giorgio Napolitano.Italian newspaper article on the book President Napolitano the Last Communist April 2013 His work is published in Italian with some translations into French.
He is currently the director of the Alguer.it, the newspaper of Alghero in Sardinia and lives between Rome and Paris.
Prizes Premio Acqui Storia 2002, popular section, with Interpretazioni su Renzo De Felice (Baldini & Castoldi)
Works Il torto e il diritto, with Francesco Cossiga, Mondadori, 1993.The wrong and the right Google Books Rosso e nero, with Renzo De Felice, Milano, Baldini & Castoldi, 1997.Red and Black Google Books Interpretazioni su Renzo De Felice, with Francesco Villari, (contains essays by Denis Mack Smith, Marc Lazar and others), Baldini & Castoldi, 2002.Interpretations of Renzo De Felice Google Books Per carità di patria: dodici anni di storia e politica italiana, 1992–2003, with Francesco Cossiga, Mondadori, 2003.For the country's sake: twelve years of Italian history and politics 1992–2003 Google Books Guerra civile 1943-1945-1948 Mondadori, 2005.Civil War 1943-1945-1948 Google Books Italiani sono sempre gli altri. Controstoria d'Italia da Cavour a Berlusconi, with Francesco Cossiga, Mondadori, 2007.Italians are always the others Google Books Dux. Benito Mussolini: una biografia per immagini Mondadori, 2008.Dux. Benito Mussolini: a biography in pictures Google Books L'ultima lettera di Benito. Mussolini e Petacci: amore e politica a Salò 1943–45, with Barbara Raggi, Mondadori, 2010.The last letter from Benito. Mussolini and Petacci: love and politica at Salò 1943–45 Google Books. See also: NY Times 2004 L'Ultimo Comunista. La presa del potere di Giorgio Napolitano, Chiarelettere, 2013The Last Communist. The taking of power by Giorgio Napolitano Google Books
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