Gangster squad
Subtitle: covert cops, the Mob, and the battle for Los Angeles
By: Paul Lieberman
Edition: St. Martin's paperbacks ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 549
ISBN-13: 9781250027856
Subjects: Organized crime; Gangsters; Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department; Los Angeles (Calif.).; History
Description: Recounts the history of the Gangster Squad, the eight man unit created by the Los Angeles Police Department in 1946, that launched a war against organized crime and planned to wipe out the notorious mob boss Mickey Cohen.
Notes: "St. Martin's Paperbacks movie tie-in"--Spine.