Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

ForHalfACentury,TheAmericanMafiaOutwitted,Outmaneuvered,AndOutgunnedTheFbiAndOtherPoliceAgencies,WreakingUnparalleledDamagesToAmericasSocialFabricAndBusinessEnterprisesWhileEmergingAsTheNationsMostFormidableCrimeEmpire.TheVanguardOfThisCriminalJuggernautIsStillLedByTheMafiasMostPotentAndLargestBorgatas:NewYorksFiveFamilies.FiveFamiliesIsTheVividStoryOfTheRiseAndFallOfNewYorksPremierDonsFromLuckyLucianoToPaulCastellanoToJohnGottiAndMore.ThisDefinitiveHistoryBringsTheReaderRightUpToThePossibleResurgenceOfTheMafiaAsTheFbiAndLocalLaw-EnforcementAgenciesTurnTheirAttentionToHomelandSecurityAndAwayFromOrganizedCrime.ThePaperbackHasBeenRevisedAndUpdated,WithANewEpilogueFocusingOnTheTrialOfTheNotorious聯mafiaCops.聰