Gangster squad

covert cops, the Mob, and the battle for Los Angeles

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549 pages

English language

Published Feb. 14, 2012 by St. Martin's Paperbacks.

ISBN:
978-1-250-02785-6
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OCLC Number:
788280982

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Recounts the history of the Gangster Squad, the eight man unit created by the Los Angeles Police Department in 1946, that launched a war against organized crime and planned to wipe out the notorious mob boss Mickey Cohen.

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Subjects

  • Organized crime
  • Gangsters
  • Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
  • Los Angeles (Calif.).
  • History

Places

  • California
  • Los Angeles