The untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill's undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond, for fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson.

As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a city hall lawyer and Brain Trust'' aide to President Roosevelt. He was on the payroll of national radio columnist Walter Winchell and mingled with the famous and powerful. But his status as a spy remained a secret, hiding in plain sight.

During this time, Cuneo began a close friendship with British spy Ian Fleming and helped inspire Fleming's James Bond novels. He also began a love affair with one of Churchill's agents at Rockefeller Center--Margaret Watson, a beautiful Canadian woman with a photographic memory ideal for spycraft. In one nighttime attack, Watson was nearly smothered to death by a Nazi assassin inside her women's dormitory near Rockefeller Center. Cuneo's transformation from a gridiron athlete into a high-stakes intelligence go-between and political influencer is one of the great untold stories of American espionage. He has remained invisible in the public eye--until now, with this unveiled look into his life.

From the bestselling author and producer of two hit TV series, Mafia Spies and Masters of Sex, Thomas Maier delves into the little-known tales behind the Rockefeller Center spy operation and the origins of American intelligence. The Invisible Spy weaves Cuneo's remarkable personal story with vivid insights about many top twentieth-century figures, including Churchill, FDR and later JFK. Full of action and fascinating characters, this untold history reveals how Cuneo, as America's first WWII spy, helped the British launch a covert campaign against Nazi conspirators hidden in America, an espionage war unbeknownst to many.

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From bestselling author and the producer of the hit cable series Masters of Sex, Thomas Maier, comes a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files.

From Vegas to Miami to Havana, the shocking connections between the CIA, the mob, and Sinatra's Rat Pack--with new revelations and details. Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America's most remarkable espionage plots ever--with CIA agents, mob hitmen, kompromat sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue.

In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba's Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves amidst Congressional hearings and a national debate about the JFK assassination.

Mafia Spies revolves around the outlaw friendship of these two mob buddies and their fascinating world of CIA spies, fellow Mafioso in Chicago, Cuban exile commandos in Miami, beautiful Hollywood women, famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack in Las Vegas, Castro's own spies in Havana and his double agents hidden in Florida, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI snooping, and the Kennedy administration's Get Castro obsession in Washington.

Thomas Maier is among the first to take full advantage of the National Archives' 2017-18 release of the long-suppressed JFK files, many of which deal with the CIA's top secret anti-Castro operation in Florida and Cuba. With several new investigative findings, Mafia Spies is a spy exposé, murder mystery, and shocking true story that recounts America's first foray into the assassination business, a tale with profound impact for today's Trump era. Who killed Johnny and Sam--and why wasn't Castro assassinated despite the CIA's many clandestine efforts?

Yet another captivating work by Thomas Maier, who masterfully shares here his unique insider-lens on Hollywood, politics, crime, media and our often scandalous home base, Long Island. --Claudia Copquin, Journalist and Founder of Long Island LitFest

A fun, provocative murder mystery about the making of a miniseries in the Hamptons during the summer of 2016 that involves today's streaming TV, #MeToo Hollywood, the rise of Donald Trump, Hamptons parties, the stealing of Native American lands, and a well-known New York newspaper.

Author Thomas Maier (Showtime's Masters of Sex, Paramount's Mafia Spies) offers the tale of Jack Denton, a down-on-his luck writer who is happy to see his novel--about the 1880s stealing of Montauk tribal lands by a loud, greedy tycoon--made into a TV series in the Hamptons. Denton is also covering the 2016 political rise of Donald Trump for a famous newspaper. But as he shuttles back and forth between his Manhattan newsroom and the on-location TV set in Montauk, Denton becomes a suspect in the disappearance of a young actress who was part of the same TV show.

Montauk to Manhattan is a story of murder, fame, sex, ambition, and the many political passions of our time--all rolled into one.

From bestselling author and the producer of the hit cable series Masters of Sex, Thomas Maier, comes a true story of espionage and mobsters, based on the never-before-released JFK Files.

From Vegas to Miami to Havana, the shocking connections between the CIA, the mob, and Sinatra's Rat Pack--with new revelations and details. Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America's most remarkable espionage plots ever--with CIA agents, mob hitmen, kompromat sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue.

In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba's Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves amidst Congressional hearings and a national debate about the JFK assassination.

Now for the first time in paperback, Mafia Spies revolves around the outlaw friendship of these two mob buddies and their fascinating world of CIA spies, fellow Mafioso in Chicago, Cuban exile commandos in Miami, beautiful Hollywood women, famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack in Las Vegas, Castro's own spies in Havana and his double agents hidden in Florida, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI snooping, and the Kennedy administration's Get Castro obsession in Washington.

Thomas Maier is among the first to take full advantage of the National Archives' 2017-18 release of the long-suppressed JFK files, many of which deal with the CIA's top secret anti-Castro operation in Florida and Cuba. With several new investigative findings, Mafia Spies is a spy expos , murder mystery, and shocking true story that recounts America's first foray into the assassination business, a tale with profound impact for today's Trump era. Who killed Johnny and Sam--and why wasn't Castro assassinated despite the CIA's many clandestine efforts?

For 150 years, the story of the Kennedy family has been inextricably linked to their heritage as Irish-Catholic immigrants--from Patrick Kennedy's 1848 arrival in Brahmin Boston from County Wexford Ireland, to Joseph Kennedy's Vatican ties and Jackie's thoughts on faith and sorrow, to Kennedy-confidante Father McSorley's religious counsel following the assination of JFK. Through groundbreaking interviews with Senator Edward Kennedy and other Kennedy family and friends, acclaimed journalist Thomas Maier casts the Kennedy saga in an entirely new light, showing how their Irish Catholic heritage influenced their public and private decisions. Released to coincide with a documentary adapted from the book, this edition features a new preface, in which Maier explores the dynamics of the three brothers, Ted Kennedy's legacy, and the 2008 presidential elections that have been touched in so many ways by the Kennedy family.

The first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their special relationship meant for Great Britain and the United States

When Lions Roar begins in the mid-1930s at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's country estate, with new revelations surrounding a secret business deal orchestrated by Joseph P. Kennedy, the soon-to-be American ambassador to Great Britain and the father of future American president John F. Kennedy. From London to America, these two powerful families shared an ever-widening circle of friends, lovers, and political associates - soon shattered by World War II, spying, sexual infidelity, and the tragic deaths of JFK's sister Kathleen and his older brother Joe Jr. By the 1960s and JFK's presidency, the Churchills and the Kennedys had overcome their bitter differences and helped to define the greatness in each other.

Acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier tells this dynastic saga through fathers and their sons - and the remarkable women in their lives - providing keen insight into the Churchill and Kennedy families and the profound forces of duty, loyalty, courage and ambition that shaped them. He explores the seismic impact of Winston Churchill on JFK and American policy, wrestling anew with the legacy of two titans of the twentieth century. Maier also delves deeply into the conflicted bond between Winston and his son, Randolph, and the contrasting example of patriarch Joe Kennedy, a failed politician who successfully channeled his personal ambitions to his children. By approaching these iconic figures from a new perspective, Maier not only illuminates the intricacies of this all-important cross-Atlantic allegiance but also enriches our understanding of the tumultuous time in which they lived and the world events they so greatly influenced.

With deeply human portraits of these flawed but larger-than-life figures, When Lions Roar explores the special relationship between the Churchills and Kennedys, and between Great Britain and the United States, highlighting all of its emotional complexity and historic significance.

From journalist, bestselling author, and producer of the hit television series Masters of Sex, comes the true s tory of the intrigue and infighting during the glory days of Cond Nast magazines and Anna Wintour, S. I. Newhouse Jr., and Tina Brown.

Inside the Cond Nast magazine world run by billionaire S. I. Newhouse Jr., Anna Wintour and Tina Brown were bold and talented British women who fought their way to the top of this male-dominated American industry driven by greed and betrayal.

At Vogue Wintour became an icon of fashion and New York's high society, while Brown at Vanity Fair helped define the intersection of literary culture and Hollywood celebrity. They jockeyed for power in the hypercompetitive off with their heads atmosphere set up by Newhouse and his longtime creative guru Alex Liberman, two men who for years controlled the glossy Cond Nast magazines that dictated how women should look, dress, and feel.

In turning this world upside down, Wintour and Brown challenged the old rules and made Newhouse's company internationally famous. Ultimately, one of them won in their fascinating struggle for fame and fortune during the height of New York's gilded age of print--a time before the internet, before 9/11, when the Reagans ruled the White House and Donald Trump was a mere local developer featured on the cover of Newhouse's publications. This book traces the careers of Wintour and Brown and shows how they and the Cond Nast media empire were major media enablers in the rise of Donald Trump and Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

At its heart, All That Glitters is a parable about the changes in America's media, where corruption and easy compromises are sprinkled with glitter, power, and glory. Originally titled Newhouse, this revised and updated edition, with a new introduction and afterword, won the 1994 Frank Luther Mott Award for best researched media book of the year.

Essay aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Osteuropa, Note: 1,0, Andrássy Gyula Budapesti Német Nyelvü Egyetem (Fakultät für Mitteleuropäische Studien), Veranstaltung: Russland und Mitteleuropa, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Betrachtung des organischen Geschichtsverlaufs des russischen Staates führte Konstantin Leontjew 1875 zur Feststellung: Jede Nation, jede Gesellschaft hat ihre eigene Staatsform Diese Aussage basiert auf dem Verständnis von Russland als Einheit von Volk und Staat. Nationen gelten gemeinhin nicht als sehr änderungsfreudig. Hingegen können Gesellschaften in einzelnen Elementen durchaus einem relativ schnellen Wandel unterliegen. Die Staatsform ist nach oben genannter Vorstellung also von Konstanten und Variablen abhängig. Der gesellschaftliche Wandel in Russland beendete in einem Jahrhundert Zarismus und Bolschewismus und lie ebenfalls die Perestroika hinter sich. Wie stark war er, dass er die geschichtliche Eigendynamik durchbrechen konnte? Worin besteht dabei die Konstante? Während die historische Entwicklung Russlands je nach Vorlieben als Sonderweg, Umweg oder Eisenbahngleis (entsprechend dem Verständnis der russischen Geschichte als Lokomotive) bezeichnet werden kann, bleibt die Frage, was an diesem typisch russisch ist. Zur Beantwortung dient eine Betrachtung gesellschaftlicher Erscheinungen und ihres historischen Wandels in den letzten Jahrzehnten. Aus dieser lassen sich eventuell Wechselwirkungen mit der Politik herleiten.

This book celebrates the amazing generational leadership legacy of the Bordelaise wine-growing Amoreau family. The story of Ch teau le Puy goes well beyond their winemaking talent. The Amoreau family story provides remarkable lessons in leadership and enterprise management. In this book, Jean Pierre and Pascal Amoreau share their generational leadership styles and approaches through the lens of contemporary leadership philosophy, global enterprise management, and biodiverse viticulture practices found in French gastronomy.

This book celebrates the amazing generational leadership legacy of the Bordelaise wine-growing Amoreau family. The story of Ch teau le Puy goes well beyond their winemaking talent. The Amoreau family story provides remarkable lessons in leadership and enterprise management. In this book, Jean Pierre and Pascal Amoreau share their generational leadership styles and approaches through the lens of contemporary leadership philosophy, global enterprise management, and biodiverse viticulture practices found in French gastronomy.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europas - Zeitalter Weltkriege, Note: 1,1, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (Institut für Slawistik), Veranstaltung: Abschlussarbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gegenstand dieser Arbeit soll die Ortsnamenpolitik in dem heute in Polen gelegenen Gebiet Posen sein, in welchem als Raum nationaler Konfrontation im Wechsel zwischen deutschen und polnischen Machthabern seit 1815 viermal Ortsnamen geändert wurden. Dabei geht es um die Ideologien und deren Durchführung seitens der Herrschenden, sowie den Vergleich untereinander mit der Frage, ob die jeweils gesetzten Ziele erreicht wurden. Betrachtet werden daher weniger die konkreten Namenwechsel oder die Benutzung der Namen durch die Bevölkerung, sondern ihre Festsetzung seitens der Herrschenden. Eine besondere Bedeutung erhält die im Titel erwähnte Idee der 'onomastischen Waffe', deren Anwendungsmöglichkeiten im Posener Gebiet herausgearbeitet und bewertet werden. Einen Schwerpunkt nimmt in diesem Zusammenhang die Analyse der deutschen Besatzer ein, da hier vermutet wird, dass sie, ausgehend von Geschichte und Bevölkerung, die eigentlichen 'Fremden' in der Region waren und wahrscheinlich nicht auf eine eigene Ortsnamenlandschaft zurückgreifen konnten. Wie und warum sie trotzdem eine schaffen wollten, soll diese Arbeit darstellen. Ausgehend von einer Arbeitsdefinition zu Ortsnamen und ihren Wechseln, wird die Ortsnamenpolitik Preu ens, Polens nach 1918, der Nationalsozialisten und Polens nach 1945 im Gebiet um Posen vorgestellt. Um auf umfangreicheres Material polnischer Ortsnamenpolitik zurückzugreifen, werden für die Zeit ab 1945 die Ereignisse auf den neupolnischen West- und Nordgebiete betrachtet, auch wenn Posen nicht zu diesen gehörte. Den Einzelausarbeitungen vorangestellt, erfolgt jeweils eine geschichtliche, politische und geographische Einordnung, was besonders aus dem Grund von Bedeutung ist, da es sich nicht jeweils um ein deckungsgleiches

Dr. Benjamin Spock is known for how he revolutionized mainstream American family life with his book Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, for the controversy caused by his psychological advice, and for his early and courageous opposition to the war in Vietnam. But, as award-winning biographer Thomas Maier uncovered through extensive interviews with Spock and his family, his personal life was filled with tragic ironies and contradictions. His family suffered through alcoholism, substance abuse, divorce, mental illness, suicide, sexual tensions, and emotional indifference. His childhood, which so infused his book and made its success possible, nevertheless seemed to prevent him from taking his own advice. Maier, for the first time, tells the complete story of Spock's life, revealing the complicated journey of the man who said, Trust yourself. You know more than you think.