1. Introduction.- 2. Historiography: Past Problems and Recent Trends.- 3. The Italian Army before the Second World War (1861–1940).- 4. The
guerra fascista – 10 June 1940–25 July 1943.- 5. The Italian Operations on the Eastern Front (1941).- 6. The Italian Operations on the Eastern Front (1942).- 7. The Battle on the Don, 11 December 1942–31 December 1943.- 8. The Italian Combat Performance: ‘Chicken led by Donkeys?’.- 9. Narratives about Victimhood: Evil Germans, Good Italian Occupiers, and Evil Soviets?.- 10. Shaping the Myths: Memoirs, the Army, and the
Alpini.- 11. Contested Memories during the Cold War.- 12. Conclusion.
