Mafia and the Allies
Subtitle: Sicily 1943 and the Return of the Mafia
Contributors: George Lawrence (Translator)
Publisher: Enigma Books; Enigma; Greenhill, distributor
Published: February 12, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781929631681
Subjects: European history: Second World War; Mafia; True Crime; History - Military / War; True Crime / Espionage; Sicily; Military - World War II; Organized Crime; United States - 20th Century/WWII; True Crime / General; General
Description: "The government of the United States of America did not hesitate to use some of the most vicious elements of the American and Sicilian Mafias to facilitate the landings in Sicily in 1943. It then proceeded to hand over many key administrative positions to well-known local Mafiosi who had close ties to American organized crime. As a result, after the war the Mafia played a key role in preventing the progress of the Italian Communist Party in Sicily. It also set up a lucrative drug trade to the United States and author Ezio Costanzo demonstrates how this connection remains still very much alive today."--BOOK JACKET.