Name Joseph Persico Role Author | Shows Nuremberg | |
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Education University at Albany, SUNY Books My American Journey, Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and, Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and, Franklin and Lucy: President | ||
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Joseph E. Persico (July 19, 1930 – August 30, 2014) was an author. From 1974 to 1977, he was primary speechwriter to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. At the time of his death, he lived in Guilderland, New York.
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- Early life
- Political career
- Author
- Death and burial
- Personal life
- References
His book Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial tells the story of the Nuremberg Trials; it was adapted for television as the docudrama Nuremberg.
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Early life
Joseph Edward Persico was born in Gloversville, New York on July 19, 1930. In 1952 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from the New York State College for Teachers (now the University at Albany). Following graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy where he served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) aboard a minesweeper and also worked at NATO Headquarters Naples, Italy.
Political career
After three years, he left the Navy and joined Governor W. Averell Harriman as a writer and researcher. In 1960, Persico joined the United States Information Agency working in Argentina, Brazil, and Washington as a Foreign Service Officer.
From 1963 until 1966, he served as Executive Assistant to the New York State Health Commissioner and in 1966 became the chief speechwriter for then Governor of New York Nelson A. Rockefeller. He remained Rockefeller's primary speechwriter throughout the latter's Vice Presidency.
Author
In 1977, following the end of Rockefeller's tenure, Persico published My Enemy My Brother: Men and Days of Gettysburg, an historical work of non fiction covering the American Civil War.
In 1979, he published a novel, The Spiderweb, and a further nonfiction study, Piercing the Reich: The Penetration of Nazi Germany by American Secret Agents During World War II.
Three years later he produced, The Imperial Rockefeller, a biography of his former employer. This was followed by a biography of Edward R. Murrow. In 1995, He co-wrote Colin L. Powell's autobiography.
Throughout the 1990s, Persico continued to produce historical books (Casey: From the OSS to the CIA and Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial) as well as numerous articles on American history.
In November 2001, he published Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage and in 2004, Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax.
In May 2013, he published his last book, Roosevelt's Centurions, through Random House.
Death and burial
Persico died at his home in Guilderland on August 30, 2014. He was buried at Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York.
Personal life
He was married to Sylvia LaVista Persico and they had two daughters.