Mafia spies

the inside story of the CIA gangsters JFK and Castro

Mafia spies

the inside story of the CIA gangsters JFK and Castro
Thomas Maier
Book - 2019

Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America<U+2019>s most remarkable espionage plots ever<U+2014>with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue. In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba<U+2019>s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves amidst Congressional hearings and a national debate about the JFK assassination. Mafia Spies revolves around the outlaw friendship of these two mob buddies and their fascinating world of CIA spies, fellow Mafioso in Chicago, Cuban exile commandos in Miami, beautiful Hollywood women, famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra<U+2019>s Rat Pack in Las Vegas, Castro<U+2019>s own spies in Havana and his double agents hidden in Florida, J. Edgar Hoover<U+2019>s FBI snooping, and the Kennedy administration<U+2019>s “Get Castro” obsession in Washington. Thomas Maier is among the first to take full advantage of the National Archives<U+2019> 2017<U+2013>18 release of the long-suppressed JFK files, many of which deal with the CIA<U+2019>s top secret anti-Castro operation in Florida and Cuba.

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37413317720904 Available Non-fiction 364.106 MAIER
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Main Author: Maier, Thomas, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2019]
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