{"product_id":"the-hoffa-wars-the-rise-and-fall-of-jimmy-hoffa-9781504068659","title":"The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary president, Jimmy Hoffa--organizer, gangster, convict, and conspirator--with a new afterword by the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Riddle \"Jimmy\" Hoffa was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in twentieth-century America. His remarkable journey from young union organizer to all-powerful head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is an epic tale worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, jam-packed with intrigue, subterfuge, violence, and corruption. His successes were monumental, his fall truly spectacular, and his bizarre disappearance in the summer of 1975 remains one of the great mysteries in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Widely considered to be the definitive volume on the career and crimes of Jimmy Hoffa, \u003ci\u003e The Hoffa Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, by acclaimed investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea, is an eye-opening, extensively researched account of the steady rise and fall of an ingenious, ambitious man who was instrumental in transforming a small union of seventy-five thousand truckers into the most powerful labor brotherhood in world. Shocking disclosures in Moldea's no-holds-barred account include the devil's bargain that put Hoffa and his union in the pockets of the Mob, Hoffa's role in the joint CIA-Mafia plots to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the deal Hoffa made with US president Richard Nixon that released the disgraced Teamster president from prison eight years early, and the truth behind Hoffa's eventual disappearance and likely murder. But perhaps the most startling revelation of all concerns the integral part Jimmy Hoffa played, in concert with underworld kingpins Carlos Marcello and Santos Trafficante, in America's most terrible twentieth-century crime: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoldea, Dan E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dan E. Moldea, a specialist on organized-crime investigations since 1974, bestselling author, and independent journalist, has published eight nonfiction books: \u003ci\u003eThe Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians and the Mob\u003c\/i\u003e (1978); \u003ci\u003eThe Hunting of Cain: A True Story of Money, Greed and Fratricide\u003c\/i\u003e (1983); \u003ci\u003eDark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob\u003c\/i\u003e (1986); \u003ci\u003eInterference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football\u003c\/i\u003e (1989); \u003ci\u003eThe Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity\u003c\/i\u003e (1995); \u003ci\u003eEvidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O.J. Simpson\u003c\/i\u003e (with Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter, 1997); \u003ci\u003eA Washington Tragedy: How the Death of Vincent Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm \u003c\/i\u003e(1998); and \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Guerrilla Writer: Adventures in the Jungles of Crime, Politics, and Journalism\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). He is currently at work on his ninth true-crime book.","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50507756208402,"sku":"9781504068659","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cb2b167c-bc3a-47af-8295-23e60b4a7d83.jpg?v=1730867585","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hoffa-wars-the-rise-and-fall-of-jimmy-hoffa-9781504068659","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}