The New War
Subtitle: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: June 2, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780684818153
Subjects: Warfare & Defence; Transnational crime; Organized Crime; Foreign Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Criminology; General; True Crime / General; United States; International Relations - General; Crime; National security
First sentence: TWENTY YEARS AGO, when I ran the criminal division of the district attorney's office in urban Middlesex County, Massachusetts, small-time gangs lived like parasites off the communities, sucking protection money from small businesses and terrorizing those that hesitated to pay.