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Neff, James,

Vendetta : Bobby Kennedy versus Jimmy Hoffa - First edition. - 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and index.

Prologue: Dark Forces -- Chapter 1: The Blinding -- Chapter 2: Life Is a Jungle -- Chapter 3: Jump Off the Capitol -- Chapter 4: Lucky Bastard -- Chapter 5: The First Face-Off -- Chapter 6: Hoffa for President -- Chapter 7: Mafia Conclave -- Chapter 8: Keep the Pressure On -- Chapter 9: Promising Leads -- Chapter 10: Primary Opponent -- Chapter 11: Nixon's Favor -- Chapter 12: Get Hoffa Squad -- Chapter 13: A Brazen Girl -- Chapter 14: Planting a Snitch -- Chapter 15: Trouble at Home -- Chapter 16: Get to the Jury -- Epilogue: In Love with Night -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sourcces -- Notes -- Index.

In a book based on newly released documents, the author sheds a new light on the historic battle between U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa during the Senate Rackets Committee hearings and beyond during 1957 to 1964.

ISBN: 9780316738347 0316738344

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Hoffa, James R. 1913-
Hoffa, James P., 1941-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Labor unions--Corrupt practices--United States.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Labor unions--Officials and employees--United States--Biography.
Labor unions--United States.

LC Class. No.: E840.8.K4 / N38 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 973.922092