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Author:
Black, Matthew, author.
Title:
Operation underworld : how the mafia and US government teamed up to win World War II / Matthew Black.
Publisher:
Citadel PressKensington Publishing Corp.,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
viii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Luciano, Lucky,--1897-1962.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.
Organized crime--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Mafia--Sicily--Sicily--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Sicily.--Sicily.
World War, 1939-1945--New York.--New York.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-360) and index.
Summary:
An improbable tale of espionage and crime recounts the Allied war effort's clandestine coalition between the Mafia and the U.S. government to protect New York Harbor against sabotage and assist in the 1943 U.S. invasion of Sicily.
ISBN:
0806542152
9780806542157
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1355328089
LCCN:
bl2022037690
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
DHPB993 -- Dows Community Library (Dows)

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