The New War
Subtitle: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: June 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780684846149
Subjects: Politics / Current Events; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Criminology; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Current Events / General
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.