Mafia spies : the inside story of the CIA, gangsters, JFK, and Castro

Maier, Thomas, 1956- author.

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"Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America's most remarkable espionage plots ever--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's Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themsel...

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Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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Spies United States History

United States. Central Intelligence Agency Officials and employees History

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ISBN:

9781510741713

Description:

xii, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : black and white photographs ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographic notes and index

Contents:

Phase I: plan of action
Phase II: covert operations
Phase III: the patriotic assassin
Phase IV: the price of everything

Control Number:

2694874

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