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Author:

Maran, A. G. D. (Arnold George D.)

Title:

Mafia : inside the dark heart , the rise and fall of the Sicilian Mafia / A.G.D. Maran.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

411 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Mafia--Sicily--Sicily--History.
Mafia--History.--Sicily--Sicily--History.

Notes:

"Thomas Dunne books." Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-411).

Contents:

The rise -- Why the Mafia developed -- What the Mafia had to offer -- An offer not to be refused -- Portrait of a Godfather -- A Republic within a kingdom -- Exodus to L'America -- Mussolini and the Mafia -- Prohibition and profits -- Crime gets organised -- Liberation, American-style -- Salvatore Giuliano -- The unholy alliance -- The Mafia comes to the city -- The Zenith -- The American Cosa Nostra -- How the Mafia moved on to drugs -- Lucky Luciano's summit -- How the French Connection became Sicilian -- The first cracks appear -- Corleone - The Mafia Heartland -- How the Mafia laundered money -- Why the Vatican needed a bank -- The death of a Pope -- Propaganda Massonica due -- The man who duped the Vatican -- Death of God's banker -- The fall -- The Mafia Civil War -- The Magistrates -- The breakthrough -- Revenge -- The politicians -- War on the state -- Pax Mafiosa -- Berlusconi and the Mafia -- Sicily today.

Summary:

Exhaustive research and interviews detail the story of the rise and fall of the Sicilian Mafia and its links with the Cosa Nostra in American.

ISBN:

0312646585 (trade. : alk. paper)
9780312646585 (trade. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010034782

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)