Joseph E. Persico was born on July 19, 1930 in Gloversville, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Nuremberg (2000), About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II (2020) and Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War (1998). He was married to Sylvia LaVista. He died on August 30, 2014 in Albany, New York.