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COVID Reviews #6 Cleaning Up with gangsters, Navajo, politicians, and so many Germans
Back in September and early October when I was under quarantine, I didn’t have computer access, so I couldn’t take many notes or write reviews when things were fresh on my mind. I tried to post comments intermittently, but some … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Austria, crime, Eastern Europe, Germany, history, law, Mafia, Nazi, The Great War, US Constitution, WW2
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Stalling for Time
Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator242 pages© 2010 Gary Noesner Having read extensively about the Ruby Ridge and Waco debacles, I couldn’t help but be curious about the “other side’s” perspective: the state’s. How did the … Continue reading
Re-read: The Ethical Assassin
The Ethical Assassin © 2006 David Liss 336 pages A few weeks ago for TTT, I mentioned David Liss as an author who made me smile, and happened to think about the first novel I read by him, The Ethical … Continue reading
Harvard and the Unabomber
Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist Original title: A Mind for Murder © 2003 Alston Chase 352 pages Ted Kaczynski was hunted fruitlessly by the FBI for eighteen years, until finally being done in by his … Continue reading
American Terrorist
American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing © 2001, 2015 Lou Michel & Dan Herberck 426 pages During a recreation period one day, a prisoner in an adjoining cage poured his heart out to McVeigh, telling him … Continue reading
How to Run a Drug Cartel
Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel © 2016 Tom Wainright 288 pages I only know of one rule for the drug business, and that via Scarface: never get high on your own supply. And as Manny could tell you, … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Central America, crime, drug war on America, gangs tribes and parties, goods/services, Mexico
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Smuggler Nation
Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America © 2014 Peter Andreas 472 pages “What can a Governor do, without the assistance of the Governed? What can the Magistrates do, unless they are supported by their fellow Citizens? What can the … Continue reading
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder and The Birth of the American Mafia
The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia © 2009 Mike Dash 416 pages Although Prohibition is generally blamed for the rapid growth of the Mafia, First Family demonstrates that America’s mob problem began … Continue reading
The Thinking Man’s Gangster
Meyer Lansky: The Thinking Man’s GangsterRevised and expanded reprint of Little Man: The Gangster Life of Meyer Lanksy 457 pages© 2019 Robert Lacey There’s no such thing as a lucky gambler. There’s only winners and losers, and the winners are the … Continue reading
