Publisher's Synopsis
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 amdist Congressional hearings and 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. 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.