Mario Isnenghi taught at the Universities of Padua, Turin and Venice. He is President of the Venetian Institute for the History of the Resistance and of Contemporary Society, co-editor of Belfagor and editor of Venetica. His works, which have been reprinted on several occasions, include: The Myth of the Great War from Martinetti to Malaparte (1970); The Italians’ Wars (1989); Italy in the Piazza (1994); The Great War 1914-1918 (with G. Rochat, 2000); Garibaldi was Injured (2007). For UTET he edited the series Italians at War. Conflicts, identity, memories from the Risorgimento to today (2008-2009). For Laterza he edited three volumes of the seriesThe Places of Memory (People and Dates in a United Italy, 2010²; Symbols and Myths of a United Italy, 2010³; Places and Events of a United Italy, 2010²) and is the author of From Resistance to Desistence. Italy of the “Ponte” (1945-1947) (2007) and 1915. Five Ways of Going to War in Twentieth-Century Italy (with other authors, 2011²).