Joseph E. Persico

Joseph E. Persico (1930 – 2014), was a military historian and biographer, who served in the U.S. Navy and worked as chief speechwriter for Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. His last book, Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II (Random House) was published in 2013.

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The Day When We Almost Lost the Army | Spring 2012

Debate over America's involvement in World War II came to a head in July 1941 as the Senate argued over a draft extension bill. The decision would have profound consequences for the nation. Read >>

Nuremberg, Time And Memory | July/August 1994

Justice served nearly fifty years ago in a wrecked German city still casts its eight and shadow over much of the world Read >>

The Last Days Of The Third Reich | April/may 1985

Forty years ago, a tangle of chaotic events led to the death of Hitler, the surrender of the Nazis, and the end of World War II in Europe Read >>

An Interview With John Huston | April/May 1982

The Dean of American Movie Men at Seventy-Five Read >>

The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 | June 1976

It became apparent that this influenza was a first-rate killer. Read >>

Feudal Lords On Yankee Soil | October 1974

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The Great Gun Merchant | August 1974

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