Playboy's illustrated history of organized crime

This was an outstanding book. This book manages to cover thehistory of organized crime from the early days until the present time. All of the famous gangsters are covered in this book,fromAl Capone,Lucky Luciano,up to the present day Mafia dons. Youare given insight into some of the businesses the the Mafia wasentered into such as gambling and bootlegging. Also recieving good coverage was the evolution of the modern day Mafia throughthe takeover of Organized crime by Lucky Luciano,Meyer Lansky,andBugsy Seigel. The Mafia presence at the House UN-American activities hearings is also given good coverage. An excellent book on the subject of organized crime. You will not be dissapointed.

I'd have to say that this is 1 of the most comprehensive books on organized crime spanning from the 1st part of the 20th century to the mid-20th century. Further, it outlines not only the major crimes but also has many details on the people who did the crimes. I would say that this would be a good read for any aspiring crime stopper type people to see what it was like years ago in comparision to todays crimes as I'm sure many of the techniques for not only doing the crime but also foiling the crimes are adaptable to the modern world.