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Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA and the Mob Paperback – June 16, 1987

by Dan E. Moldea (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
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Chronicles the story of MCA and how it became a giant conglomerate and profiles the men whose power and influence stretch from the entertainment world to the White House
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  2. Print length
    390 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Viking Penguin, Inc.
  5. Publication date
    June 16, 1987
  6. Dimensions
    7 x 1 x 5 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    014010478X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0140104783
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking Penguin, Inc. (June 16, 1987)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 390 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 014010478X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140104783
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 62 ratings

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Dan E. Moldea

Dan E. Moldea

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A specialist on organized-crime and political-corruption investigations since 1974, best-selling author and independent investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea has published ten nonfiction books: The Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians, and the Mob (1978); The Hunting of Cain: A True Story of Money, Greed, and Fratricide (1983); Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob (1986); Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football (1989); The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity (1995); Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O.J. Simpson (with Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter, 1997); A Washington Tragedy: How the Death of Vincent Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm (1998); his memoir, Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer: Adventures in the Jungles of Crime, Politics, and Journalism (2013); Hollywood Confidential: A True Story of Wiretapping, Friendship, and Betrayal (2018). and Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: The Stories of Whistleblowers (2020).

See the first chapters of all of Moldea’s books at http://www.moldea.com/guerrilla.html.

He is currently writing his eleventh nonfiction book.

Moldea's website is at http://www.moldea.com.

His personal blog is at http://www.moldea.com/CGW-blog.pdf.

Moldea has lectured about crime, politics, and journalism at over 100 colleges and universities throughout the United States. To book a lecture with him, please go to http://www.moldea.com/lectures.html. (The Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau)

Since 1998, Moldea, a registered private investigator, has also worked as an independent-investigative consultant, participating in a wide variety of breathtaking and mind-blowing capers.

Specialties: True crime, focusing on organized crime and political corruption.

Moldea's website is www.moldea.com. His Twitter account is @DanMoldea. He is also on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

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trastevere
5.0 out of 5 stars moldea has done history a great service here
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2011
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when i was very young i worked in a support capacity for several of the key figures who had been involved in handling mr. reagan's career while he was a client of mca. (i respected these gentlemen, incidentally. compared to most of today's crowd they were professional, courteous, and had class). while i do not have inside information confirming anything that dan moldea has written here, he seems to have a good feel for the way things worked in hollywood. reagan almost certainly rose up in the world thanks to cronyism and sleazy deals-- especially the mca waiver, which dan covers well (as does lou cannon in his more famous book). maybe that doesn't exactly make our dear Ronnie a gangster, but it smells bad enough that it should stink up the man's reputation for as long as justice still has one good eye, as Joni Mitchell put it.
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Gregg Killpack
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2021
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I was in high school when Reagan was president and I used to think he was a good man. Not anymore. This book details the corrupt associations Reagan had with MCA (Lew Wasserman, Jules Stein, etc.), how MCA funded Reagan's political campaigns and MCA's known ties to organized crime. A great read.
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yhwhzson
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book to have. Information...
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2013
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...to rebut the greatness of Ronald Reagan. Another bitter dose of truth to swallow not only
for the conservative Reagan supporter, but also for any American that lived during the time of the Reagan administration's polices.

It allows the reader to understand why Reagan made the policy decisions he made at the time.
Policy decisions which set in motion some of the economic damage that the country now faces.
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Ms.Beyonce
5.0 out of 5 stars Reagan Was a Wicked Man
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2013
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That is the conclusion one must come to when one finishes reading this expose of Reagan, MCA, and mostly the Chicago mob, but other crime elements such as the Meyer Lansky and Moe Dalitz criminal organiztions. A real eye opener for the novice when it comes the the real American political system. Mr. Reagans' was out for himself, no matter whose he had to stab in the back. He informed on his fellow actors who he called called Communists, knowing of course that domestic Communism posed no threat to American security, and that any fils written for "red purposes", would final many screenplay excerpts being penciled out. He was a servant of Mammon way back then, as well as Governor of California, and President of the United States. Yet, among many blue collar folks he is considered a hero-YIKES ! 5 Stars
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Steve Curtis
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well researched and a fascinating read for anyone interested ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2016
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Very well researched and a fascinating read for anyone interested in how back room Hollywood maneuvering propelled Reagan from a small time actor to all the way to the White House.
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Marcella Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2014
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Great book since I worked at MCA during this period.
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Douglas Doepke
4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Nexus
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2001
Anyone looking for the smoking gun on Ronald Reagan and organized crime will be disappointed. The future president emerges from these pages as the affably forgetful frontman for big business that the knowledgable public has long known him to be. Moldea traces the actor's well-known forgetfulness back to 1952 and investigations into sweetheart deals between Reagan's Screen Actor's Guild and Jules Stein's sinister conglomerate, MCA. What emerges from this is an apprenticeship period in which the future president hones his frontman skills and practices selective memory, while big business comes to appreciate certain show business talents. Not exactly news bulletin material.
On a more newsworthy note, Moldea documents a series of protracted associations between such mob frontmen as Sidney Korshak, Hollywood tycoons like Lew Wasserman, union leaders of many stripes, and political insiders such as Reagan's William French Smith and Paul Laxalt, the Democrat's Paul Ziffren, and even the political left's Jerry Brown who seems peculiarly proud of Korshak's friendship and support. This is not a pretty picture, and while no criminal disclosures are made, there appears no doubt that such high echelon representatives of big business, the mob, and politics intersect at critical junctures far from public knowledge and scrutiny. This is not conspiracy theory, as some apologists would have it. Rather, it's a picture of high-level business conducting itself as business, and only a hopeless naif would believe that no mutual benefit from these associations is involved, as when master fixer Korshak steps in to protect hotel owners from a potntially damaging food-handlers strike. After all, Korshak's juice in these matters certainly doesn't come from a law school diploma, even an Ivy League one.
The implications here go far beyond Ronald Reagan's questionable career to reach into the very bowels of the democracy and what government by the people means. For this reason alone, Moldea's book should be read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars livraison dans les temps promis.
Reviewed in Canada on August 10, 2022
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Le produit était en bon état.
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Mr. Mj Hill
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Revelations
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2014
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What a fabulous book,This guy is as good or even better than Upton Sinclair. Forensic and Fair. What mugs we are
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Jads
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2018
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Gerry Corcoran
3.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, but a very dry read
Reviewed in Canada on August 31, 2023
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I bought this book on the recommendation of the Barely Sociable YouTube channel, who cited it in his video about the dark side of the music industry. If you want to read about the dark beginnings of the industry and about just how much of a crook Ronald Reagan was well before he became one of the worst US presidents, this will show a lot of that and in great detail. However, it's a very dry read, often devoting entire chapters to just transcribing things like lawsuit depositions. There's lots of good information in here, but be prepared for a very clinical explanation of them.
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