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Havana nocturne : how the mob owned Cuba-- and then lost It to the revolution / T.J. English

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English, T. J., 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : William Morrow , c2008.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xx, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780061147715

Uniform titles:

Havana mob

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 364 ENG

LOC classification:

HV6453.C9 E54 2008

Summary: Part social history, part Hollywood tell-all, this account of Havana in the early 1950s is centered on the temporary success of American organized crime to set up a base in Cuba outside of the legal reach of the United States. Using interviews, memoirs, published studies and released FBI files, English tells a titillating tale of corruption, murder, movie stars, politicians and a "never-ending party" in Havana. But the party was at the expense of the Cuban people and English argues that Castro's success was as much the defeat of the mob as it was of Batista.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 364 ENG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		031542

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"This book was originally published as The Havana mob in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Mainstream Publishing"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-380) and index.

Part social history, part Hollywood tell-all, this account of Havana in the early 1950s is centered on the temporary success of American organized crime to set up a base in Cuba outside of the legal reach of the United States. Using interviews, memoirs, published studies and released FBI files, English tells a titillating tale of corruption, murder, movie stars, politicians and a "never-ending party" in Havana. But the party was at the expense of the Cuban people and English argues that Castro's success was as much the defeat of the mob as it was of Batista.

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