The Westies' Union Wars: When Labor Racketeering Turned Hell's Kitchen Into a Mob Paycheck Hell's Kitchen was a neighborhood where a man could lose his money at a card table,…
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…
ghe 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…
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