Raffaele D'Agata is professor of contemporary history at the University of Sassari. He has published books on international twentieth-century history including Da Monaco a Bretton Woods: l'evoluzione transnazionale degli interessi e degli scopi (Milan: Franco Angeli 1989) and La nemesi dei prestadenaro : economia mondiale e Guerra fredda 1944-1948 (Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino 2001). Lawrence Gray is professor of political science and international relations at John Cabot University in Rome. His publications include The Italian Communist Party: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow (Greenwood Press 1980) co-edited with Simon Serfaty; Corporate Activities in the Era of Global Economy (Tokyo: Keizai University Press 1992); and L'America di Roosevelt negli anni dell'esilio di Luigi Sturzo (Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino 2002). . Language: English