Joseph E. Persico (1930–2014)
Autore di My American Journey
Sull'Autore
Was a contributing writer for Colin Powell's My American Journey. He also wrote Piercing the Reich, which is about the penetration of Nazi Germany by American Agents, and Nuremburg, which was made into a major television docudrama. (Publisher Provided) Joseph E. Persico was born in Gloversville, mostra altro New York on July 19, 1930. He graduated from the New York State College for Teachers in 1952 and entered the Navy, serving aboard a minesweeper during the Korean War. Before becoming a speechwriter for Nelson A. Rockefeller, he worked for the United States Information Agency in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Washington. He stopped working for Rockefeller in 1977. During his lifetime, he wrote 12 books including The Imperial Rockefeller, Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage, and Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life. He co-wrote My American Journey: An Autobiography with Colin L. Powell. Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial was adapted into an Emmy-winning TNT mini-series in 2000. He died after a long illness on August 30, 2014 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Joseph E. Persico Papers. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany Libraries, State University of New York
Opere di Joseph E. Persico
Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax (2004) 363 copie
Franklin and Lucy : President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the other remarkable women in his life (2008) 296 copie
Opere correlate
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1990 (1990) — Author "Casey's German Gamble" — 11 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1994 (1994) — Author "The Guilt of Alfred Jodl" — 11 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2008 (2008) — Author "FDR Sees the Elephant" — 8 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Persico, Joseph E.
- Nome legale
- Persico, Joseph Edward
- Data di nascita
- 1930-07-19
- Data di morte
- 2014-08-30
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Gloversville, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Albany, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Guilderland, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- State University of New York, Albany (New York State College for Teachers ∙ BA ∙ English and Political Science ∙ 1952)
- Attività lavorative
- military officer (United States Navy)
speechwriter (Nelson Rockefeller)
author
historian
biographer - Organizzazioni
- United States Navy
United States Information Agency
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