Roberto A. Scattolin. Doctor in history (summa cum laude), has specialised in military history; and is taking a further specialization in strategic studies. He served with distinction at the Stato Maggiore dell’ Esercito, Ufficio Storico (Italian Army General-Staff, Historical Office), in Rome.
Historian, strategic analyst, polemologist. His major areas of interest and history research focus on European history (1789-1815): a) battles, strategy, tactics, military systems; b) uniformology, military leaders, military units, developments of the European armies during the wars of the Empire; c) armies and societies in Napoleonic Europe. His studies reflect the mémoires d’ épopée (i.e. eyewitness memoirs of that time) and are researched through archival documentary material. In order to study the Napoleonic campaigns, battlefields and fortified strongholds he travelled extensively in Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He has authored five books, and more than one hundred-twenty studies on the wars of the Empire. His researched essays have appeared in different magazines: The Bulletin of the Nap. Soc. of America, First Empire, and are a constant cultural contribution to the Napoleon Series web-site. Already a member of the Centre D’ Études Napoléoniennes, Paris-Levallois (France), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Heereskunde e. V. (Germany), Scattolin has been a twenty-one-year-member of The Napoleonic Society of America (USA). President of the Centro Studi Napoleonici, Padua, Italy. International awards and distinctions: 1997, 8 December: Distinguished Member Since 1989, Napoleonic Society of America. 2000, 12 June: Aide-de-camp of General Bonaparte at the Battlefields of Lodi, Rivoli and Arcole on the tenth day of June and Marengo, N.S.A.. 2000, 18 July: Official Guide and Historian of the battlefields of the 1796-1800 Italian Campaigns in 1990 and 2000, N.S.A.. 2000, 25 November: Replica of the Medal of the Legion of Honour, for distinguished scholarship and Napoleonic studies, N.S.A.. , 28 April: A most honoured member with fullest esteem and deepest friendship, N.S.A.. , 1 October: Distinguished member 1989-2006, N.S.A..
Roberto A. Scattolin has many years experience writing about military history, specifically, the history of the Napoleonic period in Europe and particularly in northern Italy. Having a military background has been an advantage in his research and understanding warfare of the times. His works are well-researched, detailed accounts of battles and the commanders as well the political-economic-social factors behind the turmoil in Europe during the early 19th century. Mr. Scattolin has taken some obscure events as well as unusual locations and brought them to life. One example is the cemetery in Elvas, Portugal, which contains the graves of British soldiers who fought in the Peninsular campaign. He explored the reasons why the British troops were buried there and how well-kept the cemetery is. Another well-researched topic is the Battle of Essling in which he illustrates the stubbornness of Napoleon and his disregard for the lives of his troops.