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PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101616087447
ISBN-139781616087449
eBay Product ID (ePID)112086436
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Book TitleMafia at War : the Shocking True Story of America's Wartime Pact with Organized Crime
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEurope / Italy, Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Organized Crime, Military
Publication Year2012
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorTim Newark
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height6.1 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-013618
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisDrawing on a wealth of eyewitness accounts, contemporary reports, and declassified intelligence documents, some never published before, The Mafia at War reconstructs the relationships between the Mafia and Allied intelligence organizations. Discover how Jewish gangsters clashed with Nazis on the streets of New York; how Mafiosi nearly issued contracts to kill top Nazis, including Hitler; how Mafia-backed bandits conducted a guerrilla war for Sicilian independence; and how Eisenhower was happy to arm the Mafia during the Allied invasion of Sicily. Uncovering the extraordinary secrets of this collaboration, Newark provides crucial insight into both the history of World War II and how the Mafia came to dominate global crime in the post-war world., Drawing on a wealth of eyewitness accounts, contemporary reports, and declassifiedintelligence documents, some never published before, The Mafia at War reconstructsthe relationships between the Mafia and Allied intelligence organizations.Discover how Jewish gangsters clashed with Nazis on the streets of NewYork; how Mafiosi nearly issued contracts to kill top Nazis, including Hitler; howMafia-backed bandits conducted a guerrilla war for Sicilian independence; andhow Eisenhower was happy to arm the Mafia during the Allied invasion of Sicily.Uncovering the extraordinary secrets of this collaboration, Newark provides crucialinsight into both the history of World War II and how the Mafia came todominate global crime in the post-war world., Drawing on a wealth of eyewitness accounts, contemporary reports, and declassified intelligence documents, some never published before, The Mafia at War reconstructs the relationships between the Mafia and Allied intelligence organizations. Discover how Jewish gangsters clashed with Nazis on the streets of New York; how Mafiosi nearly issued contracts to kill top Nazis, including Hitler; how Mafia-backed bandits conducted a guerrilla war for Sicilian independence; and how Eisenhower was happy to arm the Mafia during the Allied invasion of Sicily. Uncovering the extraordinary secrets of this collaboration, Newark provides crucial insight into both the history of World War II and how the Mafia came to dominate global crime in the post-war world. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
LC Classification NumberD810.S7N386 2012
