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The Mafia's president : Nixon and the mob
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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 th...
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.
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- Creator
- Don Fulsom
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2017
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 280 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781250119407, 1250119405, 9781250119414
- OCLC
- ocn967029485
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 Invasion -- Blackmailing the CIA chief -- Conclusion
Subjects
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.
- Organized crime -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Misconduct in office -- United States.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.