The Mafia's President
eBook - ePub

The Mafia's President

Nixon and the Mob

  1. 305 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Mafia's President

Nixon and the Mob

About this book

"Nixon in bed with the mafia! . . . Reveals new and disturbing information linking the 'law and order' president to still more mendacity and hypocrisy." ?Richard Ben-Veniste, Watergate prosecutor

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 nation's 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 twenty 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 Mafia's 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 "Mafia" and "La Cosa Nostra."

Drawing on newly released government tapes, documents, and other fresh information, The Mafia's President by Don Fulsom offers a carefully reported, deeply researched account of Richard Nixon's secret connections to America's top crime lords.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Timeline of Events
  7. One: The Mob in the Age of Nixon
  8. Two: The Nixon-Mafia Relationship
  9. Three: Dick and Bebe
  10. Four: Mobsters in Cuba
  11. Five: Nixon’s Mafia Web
  12. Six: Hoffa and Clemency
  13. Seven: The Most Violent Man in the Oval Office
  14. Eight: The JFK Assassination and the Warren Commission
  15. Nine: Nixon and Ford
  16. Ten: Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover
  17. Eleven: Nixon, Sparky, and Ozzie
  18. Twelve: Did Oswald Know Ruby?
  19. Thirteen: Mob Assassination Connections
  20. Fourteen: The Watergate-Assassination Connection
  21. Fifteen: “The Bay of Pigs”
  22. Sixteen: Blackmailing the CIA Chief
  23. Conclusion
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Notes
  26. Index
  27. Also by Don Fulsom
  28. About the Author
  29. Newsletter Sign-up
  30. Contents
  31. Copyright