Nicola Tranfaglia is Professor Emeritus at the University of Turin, where he taught European History and the History of Journalism. He writes for "La Stampa", "Unità" and "E Polis". His most recent works include: Fascism and Modernization in Europe (Turin 2001); How the Republic was Born, 1943-1947 (Milan 2004); Ministers and Journalists. The war and the Minculpop (Turin 2005); and The Regime's Press, 1932-1943 (Milan 2005).

Albertina Vittoria is professor of Contemporary History at the Political Science Faculty in the University of Sassari. She is a member of the "Historical Studies" directorate, and writes about the history of culture and of twentieth-century Italian cultural and political institutions. Her publications include: The reviews of the Duce (Milan 1983); Intellectuals and Politics at the end of the Thirties (Milan 1985); Togliatti and the intellectuals. History of the Gramsci Institute in the fifties and sixties (Rome 1992), and; History of the Italian Communist Party 1921-1991 (Rome 2006).