'I didn't want to be Italian at all': representations and realities -- 'Long live Mussolini and Fascismo': inter-war fascistisation -- 'Collar the lot!': the historigraphical legacy of internment -- 'They're going to kill us!': restrictions, riots and relocation -- 'I don't want to fight against my uncles': military service in Britain -- 'He was shot by the Italians': confronting military service overseas -- 'My life wasn't very great': women on the home front and in the services -- 'Non vi scorderemo mai': commemoration, memorial and the Arandora Star -- Appendix: Respondents' biographies.