Reagan's Cowboys
Inside the 1984 Reelection Campaign's Secret Operation Against Geraldine Ferraro
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2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7812-2 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7812-2 (ISBN)
Written by an insider responsible for running the investigation, this never-before-told story goes behind the scenes as an incumbent president's campaign works to expose a political opponent's mob connections. Part detective story, part political thriller, the narrative features all the major players in the Reagan White House.
When rumors about Geraldine Ferraro--the first woman vice-presidential nominee by a major party in U.S history--reached First Lady Nancy Reagan during the 1984 presidential election, a secret operation was launched to investigate her. It revealed Ferraro's ties to organized crime and the extent to which she would have been subject to pressure or blackmail by the Mafia if elected.
Written by an insider responsible for running the investigation, this never-before-told story goes behind the scenes as an incumbent president's campaign works to expose a political opponent's mob connections. Part detective story, part political thriller, the narrative features all the major players in the Reagan White House and 1984 reelection committee, with revealing anecdotes about Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
When rumors about Geraldine Ferraro--the first woman vice-presidential nominee by a major party in U.S history--reached First Lady Nancy Reagan during the 1984 presidential election, a secret operation was launched to investigate her. It revealed Ferraro's ties to organized crime and the extent to which she would have been subject to pressure or blackmail by the Mafia if elected.
Written by an insider responsible for running the investigation, this never-before-told story goes behind the scenes as an incumbent president's campaign works to expose a political opponent's mob connections. Part detective story, part political thriller, the narrative features all the major players in the Reagan White House and 1984 reelection committee, with revealing anecdotes about Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
Former Reagan White House insider and international political consultant, John B. Roberts II is a writer, television producer and artist living in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. “Who did I piss off in this town?”
2. Out of the Rose Garden
3. A Field of White Crosses
4. Ferraro Enters the Fray
5. Promise and Peril
6. Just Because You’re Paranoid…
7. Yours, Mine and Ours
8. Frenemies
9. Implausible Deniability
10. Watergate Redux
11. Our Man on the Hill
12. Failure Is an Orphan
13. Inquiring Minds
14. Under the Microscope
15. Mobbed Up?
16. Debate Disaster
17. The Heartland Special
18. Arrested and Booked
19. Eddie Chan, the Inside Man
20. The Verdict
Epilogue
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 24 photos, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 5171 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7812-X / 147667812X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7812-2 / 9781476678122 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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