Double Cross (eBook)

The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America

Chuck Giancana, Sam Giancana (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
496 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
9781628738674 (ISBN)

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Featuring a brand-new introduction by the author, this New York Times bestseller presents an inside expos of mob boss Sam Giancanatalented businessman, Las Vegas entrepreneur, ruthless killer, and outside player for the CIAs dirtiest deeds. Giancana clawed his way to the top of the Mafia hierarchy by starting as a hit man for Al Capone. He partied with major stars such as Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe and did business with agents ranging from the CIA to the Vatican to the shah of Iran. When Joe Kennedy gave Giancana the chance to use mob muscle to get his son John elected, Giancana jumped at the task. But the Kennedy brothers double-crossed him, waging full-scale war on organized crime throughout the United States, and Giancana found himself going after the Kennedys. Undoubtedly, his story, written with suspense and truthful conviction, changed the course of American history. This shocking, inside-the-syndicate tell-all reveals Giancana's first-person testimony regarding his involvement in the deaths of Monroe and others, among other shocking secrets

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.1.2014
• Co-Autor: Bettina Giancana
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Al Capone • American History • american mafia • american organized • anthony accardo • batters • bobby kennedy • Bonanno • capos • casso • chicago mob • Columbo • Cosa Nostra • crime families • Crime Scene • criminal activities • criminal enterprises • dan moldea • definitive history • donnie brasco • Edgar Hoover • enforcement agencies • enforcement tactics • evacuees • FBI Agent • federal law • frank sheehan • gambino • Genovese • Irishman • italian mafia • italian mob • jack ruby • JFK assassination • Joe Pistone • joey gallo • july 30th • kennedy • killed jfk • la cosa • Law enforcement • lucchese • Lucky Luciano • mafia families • Mafia History • mafia hit • mafia life • mafia related • mafias • mafiosi • Masculinities • massacre • mob bosses • mob life • mob related • mobsters • moe dalitz • organized crime conspiracy theory • Outfit • paint houses • paul ricca lee harvey oswa • pension fund • Primary Sources • rackets • Red Fox • Rico • robert f kennedy • russell buffalino • sam giancanna • sam mooney giancana • suburbs • teamsters • textbooks • tony accardo • True Crime • vess • Vintage • william f roemer • wwii combat • york's five
• ISBN-13: 9781628738674 / 9781628738674