Ebook: The Hoffa wars: the rise and fall of Jimmy Hoffa

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Series Introduction; Introduction; Part One; 1 In Search of Jimmy Hoffa; 2 Rebel Hoffa; 3 The Oppressed Become the Oppressors; 4 Stacked Decks and Dirty Deals; 5 The Enemy Within; 6 The Making of Two Presidents and One Angel; 7 Teaming Up Against Castro; 8 Coincidence or Conspiracy?; 9 Mob Wars and Paper-Napkin Contracts; Part Two; 10 The 1967 Revolt; 11 Rebellion in Detroit; 12 Tremors and Explosions-and a Week in the Life of a Steel Hauler; 13 Averting the North-South Mob War; 14 "Free Hoffa!";The 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 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 spectacula.