Though there are many books about organized crime, this is the only book that focuses on how the mob adapted to the murders of its bosses, failed hits, internecine wars, and to prosecutions and continued to thrive throughout the United States for the better part of the 20th century.
Mafia Hits, Misses, Wars, and Prosecutions is about pivotal events that changed the way the Italian American Mafia has done business since its establishment in the United States. This book covers the murders and wars that ended the careers of Mafia bosses from the Five Families and the prosecutors who built successful political careers following noteworthy mob convictions for ambitious prosecutors like Thomas Dewey, Robert F. Kennedy, and Rudolph Giuliani.
Throughout the book, Sussman covers the notorious murders and wars the mob engaged in from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre to the Castellamarese War, even the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and shows how with each event the mob learned and changed to continue its reign of terror however it could.
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Mafia Hits, Misses, Wars, and Prosecutions
The Rise and Decline of the Mob in America
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Mafia Hits, Misses, Wars, and Prosecutions
The Rise and Decline of the Mob in America
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: A Bullet in the Gut Ends an Era
- Chapter 2: No Love Lost on Valentine’s Day
- Chapter 3: The Castellammarese Wars and the Emergence of the New Mafia
- Chapter 4: Jews and Italians
- Chapter 5: Lansky and Luciano: Brothers in Crime
- Chapter 6: The Business of Murder
- Chapter 7: Little Man against the Mob
- Chapter 8: The Only Mob Boss Fried in Old Sparky
- Chapter 9: Deportations
- Chapter 10: The Biggest Hit on Television
- Chapter 11: Another Committee Hearing
- Chapter 12: Unseating the Lord High Executioner
- Chapter 13: The Apalachin Disaster
- Chapter 14: The Canary Sang
- Chapter 15: Robert F. Kennedy, Mafia Nemesis
- Chapter 16: The Gallo Wars
- Chapter 17: The Colombos Go to War Again
- Chapter 18: The Banana Wars
- Chapter 19: Flippers, Informants, Rats, Explainers
- Chapter 20: Friends of the FBI
- Chapter 21: Decapitation
- About the Author
- Bibliography
- Index
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