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Control # 1 2022943476
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20231026152254.0
Fixed Data 8 220725s2023 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2022943476
ISBN 20    $a9780806542157$q(hardcover)
ISBN 20    $z9780806542171$q(ebook)
Obsolete 39    $a333655$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-us---$ae-it---$an-us-ny
LC Call 50 00 $aD810.S7$bB535 2023
Dewey Class 82 04 $a940.54/8673$223/eng/20221129
ME:Pers Name 100 $aBlack, Matthew$c(Writer)$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aOperation underworld :$bhow the Mafia and US government teamed up to win World War II /$cMatthew Black.
Title:Varint 246 30 $aHow the Mafia and US government teamed up to win World War II
Tag 264 264  1 $aNew York, NY :$bCitadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp.,$c[2023]
Phys Descrpt 300    $aviii, 373 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aPrologue -- Cerberus at the gates -- An unholy alliance -- Operation Underworld -- "The devil himself" -- A deal with the devil -- The enemy arrives -- Surreptitious entry -- Thick as thieves -- Spying on spies -- When you dance with the devil... -- Black January -- The devil's in the details -- Desperate measures -- Unfinished business -- Banished from heaven -- The hopeless sinners -- Afterword -- Epilogue.
Abstract 520    $aAn 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.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMilitary intelligence$zUnited States.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aSpies$zUnited States x History$y20th century.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aOrganized crime$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aMafia$zItaly$zSicily$xHistory$y20th century.
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aLuciano, Lucky,$d1897-1962.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zItaly$zSicily.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zNew York (State)$zNew York.