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1.Brothers in Arms: The Kennedys, the Castros, and the Politics of Murder by: Gus Russo, Stephen Molton October 28, 2008
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I can highly recommend this book to be of compelling interest to any researcher on JFK. It's thesis is well-laid out and even though well-documented, you still have to take a certain amount of it on faith, as the story it reveals was meant to stay covered-up so we dont see a smoking gun, just as lot of things that are meant to dove-tail. Nevertheless, taken as gospel, or just to take a different angle, this is one of the most interesting and well-written books on the assassination. You will not be disappointed if you have an open mind. The authors write with great style and and grab your attention all the way through. Now if only we could verify every last morsel of "evidence." No, it will not be the last book on the assassination no matter what other reviewers may say. By the way, ... Read More

2.Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers by: Gus Russo September 05, 2006
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I have little to add to existing Amazon reviews except to say that I found some information that I had not seen elsewhere. However, there are glaring inaccuracies that even a casual student of the general topic of organized crime in America can spot -- one off the top of my head is the mention Ben Siegel being engaged in activities in 1948, certainly precluded by his death the previous year. The bottom line is, since those engaged in crime tend naturally to be tight-lipped about it and, on the other hand, authors want to sell books, there is a tremendous amount of misinformation present in books about the mafia, etc. Whether Russo's effort is a particularly egregious example, I am not qualified to say. For entertainment value, the book is worth looking at although it is certainly ... Read More

3.The Outfit by: Gus Russo April 02, 2003
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Fascinating overview of the Chicago crime syndicate known as the Outfit. Russo reveals how Al Capone and his hiers built America's most powerful crime organization. He details how the Outfit took over Hollywood, created Las Vegas, and gave Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy the presidency. Book shows how the Outfit and corporate America are two sides of the same coin. Fascinating account of Welshman Curley Humphreys, who was the brains behind the rise of the Outfit

4.Gangsters and Goodfellas: Wiseguys . . . and Life on the Run by: Henry Hill, Gus Russo August 09, 2005
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I bought this book aprox. 3 yrs. ago at Boarders, and although the price has dropped from aprox. $25.00 for the hardcover price this book is a worthy read. If you are a fan or like the movie Goodfellas, and wonder where he continued his life as a "schmuck" then this book is worth your while. Again it has been 3 yrs. since I have read this title, but if you want to know where Goodfellas leaves off, and what "rat" mob-life is truely about than this title is for YOU. I don't glorify snitching, but this is one of the last GREAT mob-life first person stories you will ever read. Not great, but not awful dispite what the reviews say.

5.Live By The Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death ofJFK by: Gus Russo November 25, 1998
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Gus Russo, a nice guy but intelligence connected (to put it mildly), has authored this book that, while filled with some worthwhile material, also has its share of spurious notions and so forth. On the subject, "Ultimate Sacrirfice" is far superior. Still, worth a (careful) look. Vince Palamara Secret Service expert, History Channel, author of 2 books, in over 32 other author's books, etc.

6.Gangsters and Goodfellas The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run by: Gus Russo Hill Henry 2004
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Gus Russo, a nice guy but intelligence connected (to put it mildly), has authored this book that, while filled with some worthwhile material, also has its share of spurious notions and so forth. On the subject, "Ultimate Sacrirfice" is far superior. Still, worth a (careful) look. Vince Palamara Secret Service expert, History Channel, author of 2 books, in over 32 other author's books, etc.

7.Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run by: Henry Hill as told to Gus Russo 2004
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Gus Russo, a nice guy but intelligence connected (to put it mildly), has authored this book that, while filled with some worthwhile material, also has its share of spurious notions and so forth. On the subject, "Ultimate Sacrirfice" is far superior. Still, worth a (careful) look. Vince Palamara Secret Service expert, History Channel, author of 2 books, in over 32 other author's books, etc.

8.Live By The Sword by: Gus RUSSO 1998
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Gus Russo, a nice guy but intelligence connected (to put it mildly), has authored this book that, while filled with some worthwhile material, also has its share of spurious notions and so forth. On the subject, "Ultimate Sacrirfice" is far superior. Still, worth a (careful) look. Vince Palamara Secret Service expert, History Channel, author of 2 books, in over 32 other author's books, etc.

9.Live By The Sword The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK by: Gus Russo 1998
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Gus Russo, a nice guy but intelligence connected (to put it mildly), has authored this book that, while filled with some worthwhile material, also has its share of spurious notions and so forth. On the subject, "Ultimate Sacrirfice" is far superior. Still, worth a (careful) look. Vince Palamara Secret Service expert, History Channel, author of 2 books, in over 32 other author's books, etc.

10.Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern by: GUS RUSSO 2001
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Gus Russo, a nice guy but intelligence connected (to put it mildly), has authored this book that, while filled with some worthwhile material, also has its share of spurious notions and so forth. On the subject, "Ultimate Sacrirfice" is far superior. Still, worth a (careful) look. Vince Palamara Secret Service expert, History Channel, author of 2 books, in over 32 other author's books, etc.

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