The
Mafia’s President: Nixon and the Mob – Don Fulsom – (Thomas Dunne Books)
Former United Press International (UPI) Washington
Bureau chief and current American University adjunct professor Don Fulsom is
more than a little bit of a Nixon-phile, having penned countless articles and
now three books on the disgraced former President.
The latest, The
Mafia’s President: Nixon and the Mob, is a comprehensive, compendium of Richard
Nixon rumors, innuendo, hints, lies and allegations; with a focus on Nixon’s
alleged connections to the Mob. Fulsom runs down a seemingly endless list of
these connections and treats them as dead lock facts.
The problem, is that facts are often sticky things and
while Fulsom tries to cite unimpeachable sources to back up is claims, they
often walk the fine that could get very dicey and very quickly falls off into
National Enquirer or Oliver Stone territory. Throughout the book he often takes
inductive leaps or trust falls, without much in the way of a net.
Many of the claims are at the very least entertaining
and if true they are downright damning to the former President’s already
sullied reputation. There are certain claims Fulsom makes that don’t seem to
bare up under scrutiny, while others certainly strike like a dagger. The thing
that offers a shadow of doubt seems to be Fulsom’s personal bias that seeps
into this storyline.
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