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Joseph E. Persico is 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. He lives in Guilderland, New York.
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Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 496 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
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Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 496 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
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Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $18.00
November 11, 1918. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand casualties suffered–more than during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Why? Allied commanders wanted to punish the enemy to the... Read more >
Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $18.00
November 11, 1918. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand casualties suffered–more than during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Why? Allied commanders wanted to punish the enemy to the... Read more >
Franklin and Lucy
Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt's Life
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR’s romance with Lucy Rutherfurd. Persico’s provocative conclusions about their relationship are informed by a revealing range of sources, including never-before-published letters and documents from Lucy Rutherfurd’s estate that attest to the intensity of the affair, which lasted much... Read more >
Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt's Life
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $18.00
In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR’s romance with Lucy Rutherfurd. Persico’s provocative conclusions about their relationship are informed by a revealing range of sources, including never-before-published letters and documents from Lucy Rutherfurd’s estate that attest to the intensity of the affair, which lasted much... Read more >
Franklin and Lucy
President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $13.99
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President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $13.99
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
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FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 672 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
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FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 672 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
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Roosevelt's Secret War
FDR and World War II Espionage
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 22, 2002
Price: $17.95
Despite all that has already been written on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership: his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations
Roosevelt's Secret War is crowded with remarkable revelations:
• FDR wanted to bomb Tokyo before Pearl Harbor
• A defector from Hitler's inner circle... Read more >
FDR and World War II Espionage
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 22, 2002
Price: $17.95
Despite all that has already been written on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership: his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations
Roosevelt's Secret War is crowded with remarkable revelations:
• FDR wanted to bomb Tokyo before Pearl Harbor
• A defector from Hitler's inner circle... Read more >
Roosevelt's Secret War
FDR and World War II Espionage
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $13.99
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FDR and World War II Espionage
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $13.99
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My American Journey
Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $20.00
My American Journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell's passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own... Read more >
Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $20.00
My American Journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell's passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own... Read more >
My American Journey
Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: Paperback, 656 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: June 30, 1996
Price: $7.99
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Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: Paperback, 656 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: June 30, 1996
Price: $7.99
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My American Journey
Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: September 9, 1995
Price: $35.00
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Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: September 9, 1995
Price: $35.00
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My American Journey
Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 656 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: December 29, 2010
Price: $7.99
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Written by Colin L. Powell and Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 656 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: December 29, 2010
Price: $7.99
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