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Author:

Neff, James, author.

Title:

Vendetta : Bobby Kennedy versus Jimmy Hoffa / James Neff.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Kennedy, Robert F.,--1925-1968.
Hoffa, James R.--(James Riddle),--1913-
Labor unions--Corrupt practices--United States.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
United States.--Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field.--Senate.--Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Labor unions--Senate--Senate--United States--Officials and employees--Biography.
Hoffa, James P.,--1941-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Dark Forces -- Chapter 1: The Blinding -- Chapter 2: Life Is a Jungle -- Chapter 3: Jump Off the Capitol -- Chapter 4: Lucky Bastard -- Chapter 5: The First Face-Off -- Chapter 6: Hoffa for President -- Chapter 7: Mafia Conclave -- Chapter 8: Keep the Pressure On -- Chapter 9: Promising Leads -- Chapter 10: Primary Opponent -- Chapter 11: Nixon's Favor -- Chapter 12: Get Hoffa Squad -- Chapter 13: A Brazen Girl -- Chapter 14: Planting a Snitch -- Chapter 15: Trouble at Home -- Chapter 16: Get to the Jury -- Epilogue: In Love with Night -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sourcces -- Notes -- Index.

Summary:

In a book based on newly released documents, the author sheds a new light on the historic battle between U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa during the Senate Rackets Committee hearings and beyond during 1957 to 1964.

ISBN:

0316738344
9780316738347

OCLC:

(OCoLC)910566585

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