In the six years between De Gasperi's triumph of April 1948 and the defeat of the 'fraud law' of June 1953, Piero Calamandrei, one of the authors of the Italian Constitution, worked more intensively on the monthly review he founded and directed, Il Ponte, which became the alternative secular voice both to the Christian Democrat Party and the Social-Communist block. These pages offer an anthology of the review at the height of its activity, with articles on a vast range of issues, including: European federalism; regional identities; State reform; judicial reform; women's rights; the role of intellectuals; opposition to the Vatican's influence in politics; campaigns against the death penalty; the right to conscientious objection to military service. Divided into sections on Politics, Society and Culture, the book testifies to the existence of 'another Italy', of its future potential and of the moral tension of a generation of progressive intellectuals committed to strengthening democracy. The words of some of the most eminent personalities of the time, whose work appeared in the review, restores to life an important chapter in Italian history. With contributions by: Aldo Capitini, Riccardo Bauer, Norberto Bobbio, Guido Calogero, Nicola Chiaromonte, Luigi Einaudi, Vittorio Foa, Franco Fortini, Arturo Carlo Jemolo, Augusto Monti, Adriano Olivetti, Gaetano Salvemini, Ignazio Silone, Leo Valiani, Ruggero Zangrandi.