Nuremberg: Infamy On Trial - Hardcover

Persico, Joseph E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670842761 ISBN 13: 9780670842766

Publisher: Viking, 1994

Synopsis

Persico, Joseph E. Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial. New York, Viking, 1994. Octavo. XIX, 520 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. 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. His book Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial tells the story of the Nuremberg Trials; it was adapted for television as the docudrama Nuremberg. 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. 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. (Wikipedia).

About this title

Product Description:

Using firsthand documents, the author recounts the trial of Nazi officials at Nuremberg, analyzing the day-to-day struggles among the prosecutors and judges, the evidence of unprecedented atrocities, and the personalities of the accused. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.

About the Author:

Joseph E. Persico was the author of Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage; Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918-World War I and Its Violent Climax; Piercing the Reich; and Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, which was made into a television docudrama. He also collaborated with Colin Powell on his autobiography, My American Journey. Persico died in 2014.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0670842761
• ISBN 13: 9780670842766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544