Bringing down the mob : the war against the American Mafia /
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| Author / Creator: | Reppetto, Thomas A. |
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| Imprint: | New York : H. Holt, 2006. |
| Description: | 340 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6261070 |
| Summary: | The riveting, often bloody account of how the fifty-year attack by the federal government virtually extinguished the nation's most powerful crime syndicate<br>In the critically acclaimed "American Mafia," Thomas Reppetto narrated the ferocious ascendancy of organized crime in America. In this fascinating sequel, he follows the mob from its peak into a shadowy period of decline as the government, no longer able to deny its existence, made subduing the Mafia a matter of national priority.<br>Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience to tell the stories of the Mafia's twentieth-century leadership, showing how men such as Sam Giancana and John Gotti became household names. Crusaders like Robert Kennedy led concerted--if sometimes sporadic--attacks against organized crime. As the battles between the feds and the Mafia moved from the streets to the courtrooms, Reppetto describes how it came to resemble a conflict between sovereign powers.<br>In direct, shoot-from-the-hip prose, Reppetto chronicles a turning point in American Mafia history, and offers the provocative theory that, given the right formula of connections and shrewd business, a new generation of multinational criminals may be poised to take up the Mafia's mantle. |
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| Physical Description: | 340 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780805078022 0805078029 |
