“Joseph E. Persico explores – with judicious historical zest and a
fine eye for detail – the hallucinatory world of snooping,
concealments, betrayals and confidence games played for world-history
stakes.”
Time Magazine
“A well-paced, memorable account . . . Mr.
Persico obviously admires his subject. This entertaining and
thoughtful book shows there was much to admire.”
New York Times
“Surprises abound . . . But the main
interest in Roosevelt’s Secret War lies in the new dimension
it adds to the picture of Roosevelt the man. . . a
worthwhile addition to the bulging bookshelves of World War
II.
Philadelphia Inquirer
“Blending anecdotes, speculations and
documented facts into an exciting story of collecting and
transmitting information in wartime, Persico offers a
clear-eyed take on FDR’s approach to intelligence.”
Publisher’s Weekly
“My American Journey is an endearing and well written book,
written with Joseph E. Persico, the author of several fine
biographies.”
New York Times
“Ably written with Joseph E. Persico,
My
American Journey finally fleshes out for us who, indeed, is Colin
Powell.”
USA Today
“It’s a good book, solid, controlled –
defensive sometimes – but more honest than the books of men who
pursue the presidency. The general shows a sharper eye and pen
than I had expected …”
Washington Post
“Written with insight and perceptiveness. Mr.
Persico is an able reporter and a fine story teller whose taste, tact
and skill have produced a memorable biography.”
New York Times
“A distinguished and compellingly readable
biography. Persico brings to Murrow the intellectual discipline of
the historian, the polished and memorable prose of the accomplished
biographer.”
Los Angeles Times
“An absorbing tale, compellingly told.”
Washington Post
“Where Persico excels is in reconstructing the
moment by moment journeys of men facing possible death or mutilation,
many of whom were dehumanized in the process. You can see, feel and
smell these doughboys, poilus, Tommies and bosches – and sense their
rage and despair.”
New York Daily News
“Persico has a flair for describing the
hostilities in striking terms . . . [He] seems incapable of writing
an uninteresting paragraph.”
The Orlando Sentinel
“With admirable skill, Persico weaves in every
facet of World War I.”
USA Today
“Joseph Persico has found a fresh way to
tell the story of World War I that makes it seems like it occurred
yesterday, not 86 years ago. . . . I could not stop reading, not
even for sleep. . . . “
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Persico makes the trial read like a novel.”
New York Times
“This work will probably command, and deserves,
a wider readership than any of its predecessors. Every generation
needs a book like this.”
Washington Post
“It is not often that a book works at once
as historical tract, morality play and crime thriller. This one
does.”
Philadelphia Inquirer
“Persico tells his story brilliantly. No one has
written a book like this about Nelson Rockefeller before.”
New York Times
“This book has the quality of fireside
reminiscences, of brave days past. The reader finishes it feeling that
he knows, with some intimacy, a central, towering figure.”
The New Republic
“An excellent biography, a portrait of a complex
individual by a sensitive observer. Persico has captured Rockefeller
brilliantly.”
Publishers Weekly
“Those of us who devour spy stories like cashew
nuts are in Mr. Persico’s debt. Brilliantly researched and cleverly
told.”
Washington Post
“A masterwork. It is surely the most vivid
testimonial yet to the OSS. This is heart pounding stuff.”
Philadelphia Enquirer
“Persico has been able to reconstruct this
operation in stunning detail, a deft narrative.”
Kirkus Reviews
“My Enemy, My Brother is an eloquent documentary,
forming the facts into a mosaic that shows the terribleness of war.”
New York Times
“. . . it has an earthiness and immediacy
that are compelling.”
Saturday Review
“This vivid, absorbing action-packed narrative
of the greatest battle ever fought in North America practically
transports the reader onto the scene, causing sweating palms and a
sense of looming danger.”
Library Journal
“The author of this magnificent study . . .
has focused upon the men involved rather than upon those impersonal
matters so dear to the military historian . . . Here is war as it
affects men.”
Los Angeles Examiner
“A lively and balanced narrative that conveys
his subject’s complex mixture of early selfishness and higher loyalties.”
New York Times
“ … a firmly three dimensional biography of Casey.
And it clarifies the Iran-Contra fiasco as nowhere else.”
Publishers Weekly
“Compelling biography, rich with anecdote
and analysis.”
Wall Street Journal
“Mr. Persico tells his story better than
most writers who in recent years have been dabbling in World War
II adventure tales. He has a certain amount of sympathy for the
human condition . . . the writing is crisp, and the plot moves
very well”
New York Times
“ A neatly built thriller, and it also
has something worthwhile to say.”
Washington Post
“This book is well researched, well written
and beautifully constructed.”
Penthouse