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The article focuses on a new constitutional history, examining three volumes that analyze Italy's history from the fall of the fascist regime to the deep crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Topics include the portrayal of post-war Italy as a country lacking modernization, the peculiar dynamics between the Italian Constitution and an "invisible constitution" shaped by historical factors, and the unique governance characterized by a joint rule of formally adversarial forces.

The article presents discusses the views of French historian Henri Irénée Marrou on utility of history for the purpose of any form of human action. Topics discussed include the usefulness of the history that establish explanatory links between phenomena; Marrou's views on historian Marc Bloch's work defining the usefulness and philosophy of history; and development of homo sapiens in terms of knowledge and innumerable possibilities.

The article focuses on the works of British historian Eric J. Hobsbawm in the late 20th century on the military and political history of 20th century. Various topics of his works include his research on country's industrial revolution, financial crises in Weimar, Germany, peasants' mobilization and contemporary history of capitalism.

The article presents a debate on the book "L'ultima battaglia politica di Cavour. I problemi dell'unificazione italiana", by Ettore Passerin d'Entrèves, with the participation of Francesco Traniello, Gilles Pécout, Paolo Macry, and Fulvio De Giorgi.

The article presents reviews and debates o the book "La repubblica dei partiti. Evoluzione e crisi di un sistema politico 1945-1996", by Pietro Scoppola, with the participation of Francesco Traniello, Roberto Gualtieri, Luca Polese Remaggi, Maria Serena Piretti, Guido Formigoni, and Paolo Soddu.

The article analyzes the connections between the ideas of the liberal Piero Gobetti and the historical and political culture of the Italian exiled antifascists who had been active in the Catholic and democratic Popular Party [Partito popolare italiano]. The article describes the intense cooperation between the "popolari" and Gobetti before his exile and, in the second part, it reconstructs the life and political activities of wellknown "popolari" in exile such as Luigi Sturzo, Francesco Luigi Ferrari, Giuseppe Donati. A special attention is devoted to the relationships with several antifascist organisations and periodicals based in different European and American countries.