Bibliograph

Mafia, inside the dark heart, the rise and fall of the Sicilian Mafia, A.G.D. Maran

Type

Label

Mafia, inside the dark heart, the rise and fall of the Sicilian Mafia, A.G.D. Maran

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-411)

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mafia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

606785233

Responsibility statement

A.G.D. Maran

Sub title

inside the dark heart, the rise and fall of the Sicilian Mafia

Summary

Exhaustive research and interviews detail the story of the rise and fall of the Sicilian Mafia and its links with the Cosa Nostra in American

Table Of Contents

1: The rise -- Why the Mafia developed -- What the Mafia had to offer -- An offer not to be refused -- Portrait of a Godfather -- A Republic within a kingdom -- Exodus to L'America -- Mussolini and the Mafia -- Prohibition and profits -- Crime gets organised -- Liberation, American-style -- Salvatore Giuliano -- The unholy alliance -- The Mafia comes to the city -- 2: The Zenith -- The American Cosa Nostra -- How the Mafia moved on to drugs -- Lucky Luciano's summit -- How the French Connection became Sicilian -- The first cracks appear -- Corleone -- The Mafia Heartland -- How the Mafia laundered money -- Why the Vatican needed a bank -- The death of a Pope -- Propaganda Massonica due -- The man who duped the Vatican -- Death of God's banker -- 3: The fall -- The Mafia Civil War -- The Magistrates -- The breakthrough -- Revenge -- The politicians -- War on the state -- Pax Mafiosa -- Berlusconi and the Mafia -- Sicily today

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