Petacco was special envoy, editor-in-chief and executive director of
La Nazione and
La Storia Illustrata, and author of the homonymous monthly television program on the
RAI. He began his journalistic career at
Il Lavoro, a newspaper published in
Genoa, directed by
Sandro Pertini. Prolific historical writer, experienced journalist, he wrote several film plots and made numerous television programs, especially for RAI, the Italian main
public service broadcaster. In his career as a journalist has interviewed some of the protagonists of the Second World War. == Selected works ==