The Mafia's president
Subtitle: Nixon and the mob
By: Don Fulsom
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781250119407
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Organized crime; Politics and government; Political corruption; Presidents; Misconduct in office; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: The mob in the age of Nixon; title: The Nixon-Mafia relationship; title: Dick and Bebe; title: Mobsters in Cuba; title: Nixon's Mafia web; title: Hoffa and clemency; title: The most violent man in the Oval Office; title: The JFK Assassination and the Warren Commission; title: Nixon and Ford; title: Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover; title: Nixon, Sparky, and Ozzie; title: Did Oswald know Ruby?; title: Mob assassination connections; title: The Watergate-assassination connection; title: The Bay of Pigs Invasion; title: Blackmailing the CIA chief; title: Conclusion.