
Mafia Spies
The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro
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Narrated by:
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Fred Stella
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By:
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Thomas Maier
From the bestselling author and television producer of Masters of Sex, a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files, and optioned by Warner Bros.
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 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 of 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, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI snooping, and the Kennedy administration’s “Get Castro” obsession in Washington. Thomas Maier is among the first to take full advantage of the National Archives’ 2017-18 release of the long-suppressed JFK files, many of which deal with 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 recounts America’s first foray into the assassination business, a tale with profound impact for today’s Trump era. Who killed Johnny and Sam - and why wasn’t Castro assassinated despite the CIA’s many clandestine efforts?
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Great book and true tory.
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Our goverment
The Mafia
Hollywood
Conspiracy .. FACTS
In bed together ...no surprise there..
incredible...mind blowing
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If only 10 % of this well researched and sourced story is true it’s remarkable -
Refreshingly Good
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Engaging story, a bit disorganized
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Multiple characters, perspectives, & interesting bullet points
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Wanna know who killed JFK? information inside!
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Recommended
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Enjoyed
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For example, "FBI Director" or "FBI Chief" when mentioning J.Edgar Hoover. By the time the reader has listened to several chapters, they definitely KNOW what position J.Edgar Hoover held. He does this as well with "Master Spy" Allen Dulles. The author mentions "The FBI"s Witness Protection Program" as being available for "informers" in the early 1960's when it had not been yet been implemented and the DOJ agency overseeing WITSEC is actually the U.S. Marshals Service.
The narrator has a fine voice and articulation, but is just mediocre in his pronunciation. For example, he always pronounces Antoinette Giancana's first name as "An-TON-ette" and often has multiple pronunciations for the same Italian surnames e.g. Spil-O-Tro vs. Spil-Ot-Tro. Additionally, he alternates between saying "Fontainbleau" and "Fountainbleau" when mentioning the famous Miami Beach hotel. In other words, his pronunciation of identical words/names is inconsistent.
Overall, it was an okay book. Not poor, but not great...........................just okay.
So-So
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Allen Dulles, the CIA Chief Cheifan...
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