Background
Gus Russo was born in 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States
Gus Russo studied at University of Maryland and received a Bachelor of Arts (political science) in 1972.
(In this fascinating and masterful work of research, Gus R...)
In this fascinating and masterful work of research, Gus Russo finally unmasks the hidden secrets that have surrounded the Kennedy assassination for 35 years. Russo's book is packed with never-before-seen documents and photographs, and never-before-known information - the result of tireless research and exhaustive interviews with countless key players in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations.
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1998
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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. The Outfit recounts the adventures and exploits of its bosses, Tony 'Joe Batters' Accardo (the real Godfather), Murray 'The Camel' or 'Curly' Humphreys (one of the greatest political fixers and union organizers this country has ever known), Paul 'The Waiter' Ricca, and Johnny Rosselli (the liaison between the shadowy world and the outside world).
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2003
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Gangsters and Goodfellas picks up where Wiseguy left off, taking readers on the crazy ride of Henry Hill's life - hiding out in the Witness Protection Programme, doing prison time for drug charges, testifying in high-profile, heavily guarded mafia trials, leaving his wife and children and eventually ending up in the entertainment business. Including an exclusive selection of photographs from Henry's personal collection, Gangsters and Goodfellas also reveals Henry's lifelong struggle with addiction, his 'business' relationships that have ranged from mob bosses to movie producers and how, through everything, he survived.
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2004
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This is investigative reporter Gus Russo's most explosive book yet, the remarkable story of the "Supermob" - a cadre of men who, over the course of decades, secretly influenced nearly every aspect of American society. Presenting startling revelations about such famous members as Jules Stein, Joe Glaser, Ronald Reagan, Lew Wasserman, and John Jacob Factor - as well as infamous, low-profile members - Russo pulls the lid off of a half-century of criminal infiltration into American business, politics, and society.
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2006
(A vivid, character-driven narration of the time before, d...)
A vivid, character-driven narration of the time before, during, and after Kennedy's death, centered on the Kennedys and the Castros, two opposed sets of brothers who collectively authored one of modern history's most gripping chapters.
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2008
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Gus Russo takes you on a personal cinematic ride through the turbulent 1960s, 1970s, and beyond. Emerging from the funky blue-collar Baltimore that gave rise to Edgar Allan Poe, H.L. Mencken, Frank Zappa, and John Waters, Russo nurtured an endless curiosity and joie de vivre by inserting himself ala “Zelig” (or is it “Forrest Gump”?) into the worlds of a stunning array of American icons - from music, to tennis, to politics, to filmmaking.
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2011
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The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko - improbable friends at a time when they should have been anything but.
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2018
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Gus Russo was born in 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Gus Russo studied at the University of Maryland and received a Bachelor of Arts (political science) in 1972.
Gus Russo worked as the public relations director for Baltimore entry in World Tennis League during 1973-74. He composed and taught music in New York City, including composing for radio jingles and low-budget movies during 1975-89. He played with, or in tandem with, many well-known acts including John Phillips, The New Mamas and Papas, Phoebe Snow, Michael Murphy, The Byrds.
In 1990 Russo received a grant to do research on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination for PBS president Jennifer Lawson/ Later, he was an assistant to Congressman Lee Hamilton and Senator John Glenn to draft 1992 Assassination Records Collection Act. Besides, he was a research assistant to author Gerald Posner in 1992; reporter for PBS’s Frontline television program during 1991-93.
He was a presidential primary delegate for Democratic candidate Jerry Brown in 1994. Next, he was a researcher for author Anthony Summers diring 1995-96 amd a chief investigative reporter for ABC producer Mark Obenhaus during 1996-97.
In 1998 he began to write. In Live by the Sword: The Secret War against Castro and the Death of JFK, Russo pursues his theory that, as the Warren Commission concluded, Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone killer of Kennedy. Much of the new material on which Russo’s book is based comes out of the 1992 creation of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB). Reviewers were generally impressed with the depth of Russo’s knowledge and the accuracy of his documentation. The Publishers Weekly reviewer extolled Russo’s research and documentation, but did not presume that his book is “the final word on the assassination.” And Gary D. Barber of Library Journal called the book “speculative” but recommended it “for most libraries” on the basis of its “new insights.”
In 2011 he wrote Boomer Days. In 2013, he released "Where Were You?" with Tom Brokaw.
(Gangsters and Goodfellas picks up where Wiseguy left off,...)
2004(A vivid, character-driven narration of the time before, d...)
2008(This is investigative reporter Gus Russo's most explosive...)
2006(This is the story of the Outfit, the secretive organized ...)
2003(The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case offic...)
2018(In this fascinating and masterful work of research, Gus R...)
1998(Gus Russo takes you on a personal cinematic ride through ...)
2011Russo believes Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy because he had an inkling of the Kennedy administration’s “Secret War” against communist dictator Fidel Castro and Kennedy’s own desire to assassinate the Cuban leader. Although, according to Russo, one member of the Warren Commission, Allen Welsh Dulles, “knew of a potential Cuban motive to encourage Oswald,” Dulles kept any such information under wraps.
Russo points out that Kennedy expected a less-than- warm reception in Dallas. Not coincidentally, Dallas was also a fount of anti-communist paranoia and the wellspring for some of the ugliest anti-Kennedy bile in circulation.” Russo provides evidence that Kennedy was aware that the trip could pose dangers. But Kennedy could not have anticipated that Oswald, a member of the Communist Party who had spent time in the Soviet Union, would be the source of his destruction in this fiercely anti-communist city.
Gus Russo is a member of Association of Former Intelligence Officers, United States Tennis Association.