He is a researcher of Contemporary History at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He is a member of the scientific council of the Gramsci Foundation in Rome and of the scientific committee of the journal "Studi Storici". He dedicated the book Dai fratelli Wright a Hiroshima. Breve storia della questione aerea (1903-1945), Carocci, Rome 2002. On the developments of the war after 1945 he published the volume Da Hiroshima all'11 settembre. Breve storia delle guerre contemporanee, Le Monnier, Florence 2009.