Francisco Fernando Monteoliva Doratioto (born 1956) is a Brazilian military historian who is a professor at the University of Brasília[1] and the Rio Branco Institute.
His work focuses on the history of Brazil–Paraguay relations, especially on the Paraguayan War, and on Brazil's foreign policy in the Río de la Plata Basin as a whole.
[1] A descendant of Italians and Spaniards, he was born to Fernando Doratioto and Amélia Monteoliva Guillén in Atibaia.
He has a master's degree and a PhD in History of International Relations by the University of Brasília.
[3] The work defends that well-prepared armed forces are a necessary tool for States to affirm their sovereignty, and that at the same time the envolvement of military officers in politics is negative, for it tends to lead to neglect in the country's defense apparatus.