Mafia: The History of the Mob

Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, John Gotti, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles.

Mafia is an absorbing introduction to the mob's most influential personalities - their lives, loves and terrible crimes. It also provides an in-depth history of the role of the Mob in Sicily and America.

For anyone who wants to know the truth about organized crime and understand the violent forces that have shaped it over the last century, this book is an indispensable guide.

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Mafia: The History of the Mob

Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, John Gotti, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles.

Mafia is an absorbing introduction to the mob's most influential personalities - their lives, loves and terrible crimes. It also provides an in-depth history of the role of the Mob in Sicily and America.

For anyone who wants to know the truth about organized crime and understand the violent forces that have shaped it over the last century, this book is an indispensable guide.

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Mafia: The History of the Mob

Mafia: The History of the Mob

by Nigel Cawthorne
Mafia: The History of the Mob

Mafia: The History of the Mob

by Nigel Cawthorne

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Overview

Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, John Gotti, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles.

Mafia is an absorbing introduction to the mob's most influential personalities - their lives, loves and terrible crimes. It also provides an in-depth history of the role of the Mob in Sicily and America.

For anyone who wants to know the truth about organized crime and understand the violent forces that have shaped it over the last century, this book is an indispensable guide.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781848589445
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Publication date: 06/26/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 166,749
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Nigel Cawthorne is the author of over eighty books. His other historical titles include: The Bamboo Cage, The Empress of South America, Daughter of Heaven, World at War, The Battles of World War II, Vietnam - A War Lost and Won, History's Greatest Battles, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Sex Lives of the Great Dictators. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Sicilian Vespers
Chapter 2: The Black Hand
Chapter 3: Prohibition
Chapter 4: The Castellammarese War
Chapter 5: The Commission
Chapter 6: The Mafia verses Mussolini
Chapter 7: The Mafia Wars
Chapter 8: The Strip and the Boardwalk
Chapter 9: The French Connection
Chapter 10: The Pentiti
Epilogue

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