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Five families: the rise, decline, and resurgence of America's most powerful Mafia empires

By Selwyn , Raab

Book information

Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books;Macmillan; St. Martin's Press
ISBN
0312300948, 9780312300944, 9780312361815, 0312361815
ASIN
B003GY0KK2
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
8 MB (8142000 bytes)
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed
Pages
xii, 785 pages: illustrations; 25 cm\0
Time added
2020-11-29 04:21:22
History;Nonfiction;Crime;True Crime;Mystery;Audiob

Description

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals and generational changes that produced violent and unreliable leaders and recruits. A twenty year assault against the five families in particular blossomed into the most successful law enforcement campaign of the last century. Five Familiesis the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and more. The book also brings the reader right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime.

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