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The Mafia's president : Nixon and the mob / Don Fulsom.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250119407 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxii, 280 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The mob in the age of Nixon -- The Nixon-Mafia relationship -- Dick and Bebe -- Mobsters in Cuba -- Nixon's Mafia web -- Hoffa and clemency -- The most violent man in the Oval Office -- The JFK assassination and the Warren Commission -- Nixon and Ford -- Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover -- Nixon, Sparky, and Ozzie -- Did Oswald know Ruby? -- Mob assassination connections -- The Watergate-assassination connection -- The Bay of Pigs -- Blackmailing the CIA chief -- Conclusion. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Lakeshore Branch | 973.924092 Ful | 31681010078384 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Describes President Nixonâs association, through a political advisor and lawyer, with mobsters and other sketchy individuals, including Mickey Cohen, Meyer Lansky, Jimmy Hoffa and Carlos Marcello and the favors he exchanged with them to advance his own career. - Baker & Taylor
Describes President Nixon's association, through a political advisor and lawyer, with individuals in the Mafia, including Mickey Cohen, Meyer Lansky, Jimmy Hoffa, and Carlos Marcello and details the favors he exchanged with them to advance his own career. - McMillan Palgrave
The first-ever full account of Nixon's extensive ties to the American Mafia, from a veteran White House reporter.
Unbeknownst to most people even now, the election of 1968 placed the patron saint of the Mafia in the White House. In other words, Richard Nixon would go on to not only lead a criminal presidency; he would be totally indebted to our nationâs top mobsters.
By 1969, thanks in large part to his long-time campaign manager and political advisor Murray Chotiner, a lawyer who specialized in representing mobsters, Nixon had participated in secret criminal dealings for more than 20 years with sketchy figures such as Mickey Cohen, Mob financial guru Meyer Lansky, Teamsters union chief Jimmy Hoffa, and New Orleans Mafia boss Carlos Marcello. And with Chotiner as one of his key behind-the-scenes advisors in the White House, Nixon's ties to the Mafia didn't end there. The Mafiaâs President reveals a mind-blowing litany of favors Nixon exchanged with these sinister characters over decades, ranging from springing Jimmy Hoffa from prison to banning the federal government from using the terms âMafiaâ and âLa Cosa Nostra.â
Drawing on newly released government tapes, documents, and other fresh information, The Mafiaâs President by Don Fulsom offers a carefully reported, deeply researched account of Richard Nixonâs secret connections to Americaâs top crime lords.
