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Joseph E. Persico (born July 19 1930 Gloversville New York) is an author. From 1974 to 1977 he was primary speechwriter to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. He now lives 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.