Download PDF Double Cross The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America Audible Audio Edition Sam Giancana Chuck Giancana Tim Newark foreword Bettina Giancana contributor Joe Barrett Tantor Audio Books
Download As PDF : Double Cross The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America Audible Audio Edition Sam Giancana Chuck Giancana Tim Newark foreword Bettina Giancana contributor Joe Barrett Tantor Audio Books
One of the most feared Chicago mobsters, Sam Giancana, clawed his way to the top of the Mafia hierarchy by starting as a hit man for Al Capone. He was known as one of the best vehicle escape artists, a tenacious business man, and a ruthless killer. He partied with major stars such as Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe and did business with agents ranging from the CIA to the Vatican to the shah of Iran. When politician Joe Kennedy gave Giancana the chance to use mob muscle to get his son John elected, Giancana jumped at the task. But the Kennedy brothers double-crossed him, waging full-out war on organized crime throughout the United States. And Giancana went after them. Â
Written with suspense and conviction, we learn about how the CIA asked Giancana to assassinate Fidel Castro. The book includes Giancana's testimony about the truth of his involvement in the deaths of Monroe and others. Chuck Giancana, Sam's brother, contributes a unique perspective of the mob's relationship with the Bay of Pigs and many other pivotal events of the '60s and beyond. Double Cross is an eye-opening account of the interworking of the government and the mob and how this relationship has impacted American history.
Download PDF Double Cross The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America Audible Audio Edition Sam Giancana Chuck Giancana Tim Newark foreword Bettina Giancana contributor Joe Barrett Tantor Audio Books
"This is a very interesting and straight forward account of the relationship between brothers Sam and Chuck Giancana. From their early days in "the patch" with Al Capone up to Sam's last days alive in Chicago. Some of the CIA aspects get pretty tangled and require careful reading. The book overall is extremely informative and fascinating. I enjoyed it."
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Double Cross The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America Audible Audio Edition Sam Giancana Chuck Giancana Tim Newark foreword Bettina Giancana contributor Joe Barrett Tantor Audio Books Reviews :
Double Cross The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America Audible Audio Edition Sam Giancana Chuck Giancana Tim Newark foreword Bettina Giancana contributor Joe Barrett Tantor Audio Books Reviews
- This book is an updated version of an earlier book published in 1992.
The central figure in the book is Sam Giancana, mob leader from Chicago.
His brother recollected conversations he had with Sam over a variety of subjects. Most importantly, the JFK assassination.
This book presents an intriguing history of organized crime in America. One of the surprises for me was how far back the business arrangements with US presidents goes! Much further back then the Kennedys.
What this book does very well is fill in a lot of blanks on collusion between organized crime with both the C.I.A. and F.B.I.
It's fairly well known by now that the Bay of Pigs invasion was one of the joint efforts with the C.I.A., but it goes deeper and on a larger scale than that.
In this book the case is made quite convincingly that the mob and C.I.A. worked together to assassinate JFK.
The reader will also see a very different view of the Kennedys and other presidents.
Is it "the definitive " book on the subject? I don't think so. But I would rate it in the top 3.
The book is fast-paced and written very well. I would place "Double Cross" at the top of the list if you want to read about the organized crime angle of the assassination. - I found the ties to the Kennedy family to the crime family sad but not unexpected. The ties to the CIA & the FBI again was not unexpected but very disturbing. Until I read "Double Cross" I had my suppositions about the death of both The president and his brother, the book confirmed many of my own thoughts and perhaps I would rather have not known. Still we the people needed to know though it made me very sad.
- First and foremost, if you're looking for a well-researched biography on Sam Giancana, this isn't it. I'm an avid readerof 20th century Mafia activity in the US, and was looking for the best account of Sam Giancana and how his Outfit fit into the big picture. The mistake I made was that I didn't pay very good attention to the writers of the book, which was told mostly from the perspective of his little brother. It's clear Chuck Giancana had a deep admiration for his big brother throughout his life, so bear in mind that the story is told from the lens of a man who gives nothing but the greatest adulation to his brother and his "accomplishments". To put bluntly, Chuck simply believed everything his big brother told him, and he put it down on this book.
I've read bits and pieces over the years about Sam Giancana, and if there was one preconceived notion that I had already developed on Sam coming into this book, is that the man had a penchant to exaggerate his accomplishments and his place in society. Quite simply, he was a blowhard. Keep in mind that this man truly believed he was the lone-individual that got Jack Kennedy elected. Now did Sam Giancana head one of the most dangerous mafia organizations in the US for multiple decades? Absolutely; that's difficult to dispute and that's been proven. But did he have a significant influence on the American political apparatus (outside of famously corrupt Chicago)? I don't particularly think so. Throughout this book, Chuck passes off many a conversation where Sam lays claim to controlling various politicians, particularly presidents. There's multiple claims that the Outfit was in close, or controlling multiple White Houses. And some of these claims are verifiably false. Take for example the infamous Democratic National Convention of 1944 in Chicago, the one that famously put Harry Truman in as VP of the 1944 presidential ticket over Henry Wallace. Giancana boasts in the book that it was their connections with corrupt politicians like Chicago Mayor Ed Kelley that were directly responsible for pushing to get Truman on the ticket. It was argued that they could do business with Truman because of his questionable rise through politics. However that was absolutely false. It's been proven by historians that FDR discreetly showed up in Chicago by train during this week of the DNC in 1944, and shared with DNC chair Robert Hannegan that he indeed wanted Truman as VP. Now the explicit reasoning is debatable, however it wasn't the Outfit's inner-working of the Chicago political machine that pushed Truman in. And there are multiple other examples throughout this book.
So I guess my point being is that, given some of these claims, it's difficult to take everything Sam Giancana stated as fact. I do believe that he was a powerful mafia don, and that his organization did push hard in politics (at least as far as they could). However I think his belief that he single-handedly controlled virtually everything was false. This means he likely wasn't lying, but simply had an inflated view of how he controlled the things around him.
I will say however that the CIA connection and his potential role in the assassination of Jack Kennedy was highly interesting. The resulting circumstances of Sam Giancana's assassination as well as the mysterious deaths of many of those in his orbit around the time of mid to late 1970s hints of CIA involvement, rather than mob-retaliation. This is where I give credit to Chuck Giancana in this book, is that I feel he ties the various theories together well at the end of the book.
Overall not a bad read, but just realize that many of the stories you want to hear about regarding Sam Giancana aren't entirely verified, and just be sure to not take all of this as fact. I felt that this was part fiction, if anything. But begs a lot of questions. - Reading this history is parallel to what's going on today throughout the world and in our political system. Nothing has really changed. The New World Order concept didn't just suddenly appear but has been growing since the 1920's. The difference is the date and names of the player's but the intent is the same fascist ideologies wherein the end justifies the means.
Well written book in what must have been a difficult story to tell. Hard hitting and gruesome in detail. - Very hard to put this book down. Fascinating, informative & chilling, it leaves you questioning the integrity of institutions we've always taken for granted. Highly recommended reading.
- This book gave me such detailed information on the history of the Mob, Giancana's connections to politicians Hollywood and the CIA. Really a great read. Could not put the book down.
- This is a very interesting and straight forward account of the relationship between brothers Sam and Chuck Giancana. From their early days in "the patch" with Al Capone up to Sam's last days alive in Chicago. Some of the CIA aspects get pretty tangled and require careful reading. The book overall is extremely informative and fascinating. I enjoyed it.
- The claims out forth in this book are hard to accept. The description of the Outfits involvement in international affairs and it's influence over domestic commerce and politics is outrageous and disgusting. Yet Giancana puts forth his narrative with very convincing statements of detail that might only be told by an insider.
Well written and eloquently told.
