It is a common misperception that all the true-life organized crime stories have been written. Yet perhaps the most compelling gangster tale is one that has been, until now, too well-hidden. This is the story of the Outfit: the secretive organized crime cartel that began its reign in prohibition-era Chicago before becoming the real puppet master of Hollywood, Las Vegas, and Washington D.C.
Chapter 1: Young Turks in Charge
Chapter 2: Curly’s Racket: The Union Takeovers
Chapter 4: Joe’s Racket: Running the Games (The New Booze)
Chapter 5: The Local Takeovers
Chapter 6: “Hollywood, Here We Come” (The New Booze II)
Chapter 7: Waking Up in the Dream Factory
Chapter 8: The Outfit: Back from the Brink
Chapter 10: Playing Politics II: The Truman Connection
Chapter 11: The Parole Scandal
Chapter 12: “Senator Cow Fever” Hits Chicago
Chapter 13: Cohibas and Carpet Joints
Chapter 14: The Frenzied Fifties
Chapter 15: The Game’s Afoot: The G Gets Involved
Chapter 16: Courted by Old Joe Kennedy: The Outfit Arrives
Chapter 17: The Pinnacle of Power
Chapter 18: The Kennedy Double Cross: The Beginning of the End
Chapter 19: The Outfit in Decline
Afterword: The Outfit, and Organized Crime, in Perspective
Appendix: The Outfit and Gambling