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Mafia Spies
The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro (Series Tie-In)
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SOON TO BE A MINI-SERIES FROM PARAMOUNT+ IN SPRING 2024 From bestselling author and the producer of the hit cable series Masters of Sex, Thomas Maier, comes a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files. From Vegas to Miami to Havana,...
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From bestselling author and the producer of the hit cable series Masters of Sex, Thomas Maier, comes a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files.
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SOON TO BE A MINI-SERIES FROM PARAMOUNT+ IN SPRING 2024
From bestselling author and the producer of the hit cable series Masters of Sex, Thomas Maier, comes a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files.
From Vegas to Miami to Havana, discover the shocking connections between the CIA, the mob, and Sinatra's Rat Pack, with new revelations and details. Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America's most remarkable espionage plots, featuring CIA agents, mob hitmen, "kompromat" sex, presidential indiscretions, and James Bond-like killing devices, all wrapped up 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's Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to end 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 involving CIA spies, fellow Mafioso in Chicago, Cuban exile commandos in Miami, beautiful Hollywood women, famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack in Las Vegas, Castro's own spies in Havana, and his double agents hidden in Florida. It also explores J. Edgar Hoover's FBI snooping and the Kennedy administration's "Get Castro" obsession in Washington.
Thomas Maier is among the first to fully utilise the National Archives' 2017-2018 release of the long-suppressed JFK files, many of which detail the CIA's top-secret anti-Castro operation in Florida and Cuba. With several new investigative findings, Mafia Spies is a spy exposé, murder mystery, and shocking true story that chronicles America's initial foray into the assassination business, a tale with profound implications for today's era. Who killed Johnny and Sam—and why wasn't Castro assassinated despite the CIA's many clandestine efforts?
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781510778900
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 July 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Illustration: 20 B-W photos
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 522g
Pages: 432
About the Author
Thomas Maier is an award-winning author, journalist, and television producer. His book Masters of Sex was the basis for the Emmy-winning Showtime drama that ran for four seasons. His other books include When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys; The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings; Dr. Spock: An American Life (named a ""Notable Book of the Year" by the New York Times); and Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It (winner of the Frank Luther Mott Award as Best Media Book of the Year presented by the National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication). He has worked as an investigative reporter for Newsday for over thirty years.
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