MAFIA AT WAR PA

Drawing on a wealth of eyewitness accounts, contemporary reports, and declassifiedintelligence documents, some never published before, The Mafia at War reconstructsthe relationships between the Mafia and Allied intelligence organizations.Discover how Jewish gangsters clashed with Nazis on the streets of NewYork; how Mafiosi nearly issued contracts to kill top Nazis, including Hitler; howMafia-backed bandits conducted a guerrilla war for Sicilian independence; andhow Eisenhower was happy to arm the Mafia during the Allied invasion of Sicily.Uncovering the extraordinary secrets of this collaboration, Newark provides crucialinsight into both the history of World War II and how the Mafia came todominate global crime in the post-war world.

Tim Newark is the author of several critically acclaimed crime and military history books, including Boardwalk Gangster: The Real Lucky Luciano, Empire of Crime: Organised Crime in the British Empire, and Highlander. For his myth-busting The Mafia at War, he carried out extensive archival research in London, New York, Washington, and Sicily. He has also worked as a TV scriptwriter and historical consultant, resulting in seven TV documentary series for BBC Worldwide and the History Channel, including the thirteen-part TV series Hitler's Bodyguard. He contributes book reviews to the Financial Times. Visit www.timnewark.com.