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Cargando... Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II (edición 2022)por Matthew Black (Autor)
Información de la obraOperation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II por Matthew Black
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An improbable tale of espionage and crime recounts the Allied war effort's clandestine coalition between the Mafia and the U.S. government to protect New York Harbor against sabotage and assist in the 1943 U.S. invasion of Sicily. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — Cargando...GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)940.54History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War IIClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio: (4.25)
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The book and its ramifications all began with the sinking of the Normandie in the harbor of New York.
Anything with research this extensive cannot be read in a day or two despite the fact that some records could not be verified because they were BURNED by government authorities!
There have been a number of fiction (Andrea Camilleri and Clive Cussler are the first to come to mind) and nonfiction books ((OSS by R. Harris Smith, for instance) with a few pages or even a chapter or two on this aspect of WW2 espionage in the past few years. But this is the first meticulously researched and documented book on the subject that I am aware of. Excellent!
I requested and received an EARC from Kensington Books/Citadel via NetGalley. Thank you! (