An unbiased history of the mafia's rise from the 1880s to the post-World War II era features the case stories of such characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, noting the particular role that prohibition had in the establishment of the mafia's defining characteristics and ability to infiltrate indu[...]
"A great addition to true crime collections. Recommended."--"Library Journal"In more than ten years after World War II America saw few changes to law enforcement as it had been practiced for over a century. The San Francisco riot of August 1945 announced the more violent events of the next half cent[...]