Supermob How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers

by Russo, Gus

• ISBN13: 9781596912113
• ISBN10: 1596912111
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-04
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

Acclaimed investigative reporter Gus Russo returns with the remarkable story of the "Supermob," a cadre of men who, over the course of decades, secretly influenced nearly every aspect of American society. At the heart of it all was Sidney Korshak, a.k.a. " The Fixer," who from the 1940s until his death in 1996 was not only the most powerful lawyer in the world but also the enigmatic, almost vaporous player behind some of the shadiest deals of the twentieth century. Controversial, exhaustively researched, endlessly entertaining, and lavishly illustrated with many previously unseen photos, Supermob presents stunning revelations about national icons such as Ronald Reagan, Jules Stein, Lew Wasserman, Paul Ziffren, Abe Pritzker, and others, pulling the lid off a half-century infiltration of American business, politics, and society. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Gus Russo is the author of The Outfit: The Role of Chicago’s Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America and Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK. He is an investigative reporter who has worked for various major television networks, including PBS, where he was a lead reporter for the award-winning Frontline series.

Table of Contents

Cast of Characters	p. vii
Preface	p. xv
The Lawyer from Lawndale	p. 1
From Lawndale to the Seneca...to the Underworld	p. 24
Birds of a Feather	p. 56
Kaddish for California	p. 74
The Future Is in Real Estate	p. 91
"Hell, That's What You Had to Do in Those Days to Get By"	p. 116
Scenes from Hollywood, Part One	p. 147
Jimmy, Bobby, and Sidney	p. 162
Forty Years in the Desert	p. 195
The Kingmakers: Paul, Lew, and Ronnie in California	p. 227
The New Frontier	p. 246
Bistro Days	p. 275
"He Could Never Walk Away from Those People"	p. 296
Scenes from Hollywood, Part Two	p. 328
"A Sunny Place for Shady People"	p. 337
Coming Under Attack	p. 360
From Hoffa to Hollywood	p. 373
From Dutch Sandwiches to Dutch Reagan	p. 402
Airing Dirty Laundry and Laundering Dirty Money	p. 426
Pursued by the Fourth Estate	p. 445
The True Untouchables	p. 473
Legacies	p. 506
Acknowledgments	p. 529
Supermob Investments	p. 533
Pritzker Holdings	p. 537
Ziffren-Greenberg-Genis Documents	p. 545
Notes	p. 549
Bibliography	p. 587
Index	p. 599
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