Gun Smuggling, Castro's Cuba and the Pittsburgh Mafia
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Gun Smuggling, Castro's Cuba and the Pittsburgh Mafia

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eBook - ePub

Gun Smuggling, Castro's Cuba and the Pittsburgh Mafia

About this book

A Thrilling Lost Chapter of Mob Rule

Western Pennsylvania's New Kensington was in the grips of Mafia control throughout the 1950s, with a bevy of bookie joints, gambling casinos and brothels. An outgrowth of the Pittsburgh mob, New Kensington's Costa Nostra ordered a group of Mafiosi to break into a National Guard station in Ohio and steal a shipment of weapons. The guns were destined for Fidel Castro, who was waging guerrilla war in Cuba. The Pittsburgh Mafia was hoping to get on Castro's good side if he won the war to secure the reopening of gambling casinos. From a daring heist in Canada to Swiss bank accounts and CIA informants, this infamous gunrunning scheme was a high-speed saga of international intrigue. Join author Richard Gazarik as he presents a harrowing historical narrative of the criminal underworld of Western Pennsylvania.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781540265630
Edition
0
Subtopic
Latin American & Caribbean History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Takeoff
  10. 2. Welcome to Aluminum City
  11. 3. The Brothers
  12. 4. Gangsters
  13. 5. “Las Vegas of the East”
  14. 6. Bad Business
  15. 7. Pearl of the Antilles
  16. 8. The Break-In
  17. 9. Wheels Up
  18. 10. The Investigation
  19. 11. O Canada
  20. 12. Chicago
  21. 13. Chicken Feed
  22. 14. Mystery Man
  23. 15. Operation Crusade
  24. 16. Alcoa and the Mob
  25. 17. End of Days
  26. Bibliography
  27. About the Author

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