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"A classic piece of reporting by a man who knows the bloody, brutal, corrupt territory."--Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes
Thomas Dunne Books
September 2005
784 pages ISBN: 0312300948 Hardcover
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Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For
decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the
American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire.
Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and
beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent
leadership, betrayals and generational changes that produced
violent and unreliable leaders and recruits. A twenty year
assault against the five families in particular blossomed
into the most successful law enforcement campaign of the
last century.
Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New
York's premier dons from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to
John Gotti and more. The book also brings the reader right
up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and
local law enforcement agencies turn their attention to
homeland security and away from organized crime.
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