{"product_id":"wiseguys-and-the-white-house-gangsters-presidents-and-the-deals-they-made-hardcover","title":"Wiseguys and the White House: Gangsters, Presidents, and the Deals They Made - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Dezenhall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWiseguys and the White House\u003c\/em\u003e is an eye-opening, authoritative, remarkably detailed expos? of the interplay between organized crime and our presidents, shockingly revealing how close we have come to Mob rule.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eRonald Kessler, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Secrets of the FBI\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe First Family Detail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eMobsters and presidents? The ties aren't just in pulp fiction. Eric Dezenhall tracks down the startling deals and deceptions that both sides might prefer to keep secret--from FDR to JFK to Trump.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"--\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Page, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMadam Speaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e A \"connected\" account of how the Mob has worked with America's Commander in Chiefs and have influenced the presidency for nearly a century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGangsters and presidents have long captured the American imagination, but how much does the underworld actually affect presidential power? How deep are their \"connections\"? As Eric Dezenhall reveals in this eye-opening history, in some instances, one couldn't have functioned without the other. From Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Richard Nixon to Joseph R. Biden, the mob has done presidential dirty work, including attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, harass America's enemies, and put our chief executives in office.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWiseguys and the White House\u003c\/em\u003e documents when mobsters and presidents have traded favors--and double-crossed each other, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003eThe deal cut with Lucky Luciano to protect the waterfront during World War II.How the Chicago Outfit (and Frank Sinatra) got one Kennedy elected, only to be pursued by another.How LBJ and the FBI used a mob hitman to hunt down the killers of Civil Rights activists in MississippiReagan's association with Lew Wasserman, the powerful and influential Hollywood mogulTrump's blatant ties to construction and gambling cartelsBiden's early links to \"the Irishman\" Frank Sheeran, the labor union official and enforcer for Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino.And more\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining exhaustive research, including newly released government records and the private recollections of leading gangsters, \u003cem\u003eWiseguys and the White House\u003c\/em\u003e offers insight into the myths about the power in America and the drive for recognition and respectability that unites consiglieri and commanders-in-chief alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWiseguys and the White House\u003c\/em\u003e includes 65 black-and-white photographs throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.27 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52689246159181,"sku":"9780063390614","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/2eHINdogiV9780063390614.webp?v=1761960048","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/wiseguys-and-the-white-house-gangsters-presidents-and-the-deals-they-made-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}