Jimmy Coonan vs. the Five Families: The Irish Gangster Who Refused to Kneel Jimmy Coonan did not become powerful by joining the Mafia. He became powerful because the Mafia decided…
The Westies' "Houdini" Murders: How Hell's Kitchen Made Bodies Disappear Hell's Kitchen had always been a neighborhood where people disappeared into the cracks. Men vanished into prison. Others disappeared into…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The Press was Another Target Nixon's enemies weren't limited to Democratic politicians. Journalists who irritated the White House could…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The Use of Federal Agencies Against Opponents Richard Nixon did not invent the idea of using government power against…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: Watergate: The Crime That Brought Down a President Five Men, a Hotel, and a Secret That Would Not Stay…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The Huston Plan There was a moment in the summer of 1970 when the machinery of the American government…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Leak That Made the White House Look Over Its Shoulder Washington had…
The Mafia's Favorite President? Richard Nixon and the Politics of Enemies: The ‘Enemies List’ and the IRS The Underworld & the White House There are many ways to make an…
The Stork Club: The Prohibition Speakeasy Where Gangsters, Movie Stars and Gossip Collided There were speakeasies where you went to hide. And then there was the Stork Club. The Stork…
Thomas E. Dewey vs. the Mafia: The Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Give Up Before the Mafia learned to fear federal prosecutors, there was a young New York lawyer who walked into…
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