Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-447) and index.
Contents:
4. Origins^^^ 1. Introduction -- Making sense of criminal power -- Entering a gallery of mirrors -- About this book -- 2. The Strategic Organization of Crime -- What do we know about political-criminal interaction? -- Criminal strategy and governmental power -- Individual, network or organizational strategy? -- Social bandits and primitive criminal strategy -- Criminal capabilities -- Coercion -- Corruption -- Communications -- Command and control -- Conclusion -- pt. TWO EPISODES IN CRIMINAL STRATEGY -- 3. Tammany: `How New York is Governed', 1869 -- 1920 -- New York's government: machine made -- Guardians of the Revolution -- Gangs of New York -- The ghost in the machine -- Boss Tweed: Lord of the Kings -- A quest for influence -- Monarch of Manhattan -- Downfall -- Honest graft -- Conclusion -- 4. Mafia Origins, 1859 -- 1929 -- Origins^^^ `A bargain has been struck^^^^ Organizing the Sicilian mafia -- Mafia migration -- The Black Hand -- Modern Family -- Illicit government -- The Iron Prefect -- Conclusion -- 7. War and Peace in the American Mafia, 1920 -- 1941 -- War -- Prohibition as a driver of innovation -- Civil war in the American mafia -- Mediation and betrayal -- Peace -- Five Families -- Coup d'etat -- A new governmental approach -- Consolidating power -- Racketeering and union power -- Gambling innovation and political finance -- Fall of a czar -- Playing kingmaker -- Mobbing up -- The Boy Scout -- Conclusion -- 6. The Underworld Project, 1941 -- 1943 -- `This is a war' -- Enlisting the underworld -- Regular guys -- Lucky's break -- From watchdog to attack dog -- Invading Italy -- Local knowledge -- Creating a fifth column -- Release and exile -- Conclusion -- 7. Governing Sicily, 1942 -- 1968 -- `A bargain has been struck^^^^ What went wrong at the Bay of Pigs?^^^s been struck^^^^ "Wine and women and champagne' -- `Our good friends' -- Mafia separatism -- Confrontation, accommodation or withdrawal? -- The logic of mafia separatism -- Seeking Great Power protection -- Negotiating peace with the mafia -- A bandit army -- Settlement and betrayal -- Negotiating Sicily's transition -- A Sicilian political machine -- Wisdom of the Mob -- The sack of Palermo -- Conclusion -- 9. The Cuba Joint Venture, 1933 -- 1958 -- Buying into Cuba -- Rise of a strongman -- The `Batista Palace Gang' -- Gangsterismo -- A joint venture in government -- The Havana Mob -- Rebellion in the Mob -- Revolution in Cuba -- Conclusion -- 9. The Blue Caribbean Ocean, 1959 -- 1983 -- `A gangland style killing' -- Accommodation or confrontation? -- Internationalizing Murder, Inc. -- Seeking protection -- Subversion and its unintended consequences -- What went wrong at the Bay of Pigs?^^^s been struck^^^^ Managing criminal spoilers in peace and transition processes^^^uck^^^^ Cold War wildcard: the Missile Crisis -- Did the magic button backfire? -- The Bahamas and the birth of offshore capitalism -- Invading Haiti -- Casino capitalism -- Ballots, not bullets -- Epilogue: a city by the Atlantic -- Conclusion -- 11. THE MARKET FOR GOVERNMENT -- 10. Strategic Criminal Positioning -- The market for government -- Intermediation: mafia logic -- Autonomy: warlordism and gang rule -- Merger: joint ventures -- Strategic alliances -- Terrorism as criminal positioning strategy -- Relocation and blue ocean strategy -- 11. Innovation, Disruption and Strategy beyond the State -- Innovation and disruption -- Mexico: from narcocartels to narcocults -- The shifting sands of the Sahel -- The disruption of sovereignty -- Implications -- War and strategy beyond the state -- Combating criminal governmentality -- Managing criminal spoilers in peace and transition processes^^^uck^^^^ Envoi: the rise of criminal statecraft.
Summary:
"[This book] reveals criminal mafias determining political outcomes to suit their own agendas, and shows us how they do it - by influencing elections, changing constitutions, fomenting terrorism, waging war; negotiating peace deals and working behind the scenes in pivotal historical moments such as the Second World War and the Cuban Missile Crisis ... James Cockayne reveals a century of forgotten political-criminal collaboration in New York, Sicily and the Caribbean and explains how such links persist globally, from the drug wars in Mexico, to smuggling routes in West Africa, to political instability in Russia, Ukraine, and central Asia."--Book jacket.
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