All the Right Enemies: The Life and Murder of Carlo Tresca

by Dorothy Gallagher

Traces the life of the Italian-born radical, examines his work with the IWW and explains the circumstances surrounding his murder.

Genres: History

300 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1988

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dorothy Gallagher wrote in 1983 the definitive biography of the great Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca, who was assassinated in Manhattan in 1943. He was such an ardent opponent of tyranny in all forms that for years there has been controversy over who ordered his murder - since he attacked all of them: Mussolini's fascists? Stalin and his NKVD killers? Or the local New York Mafia in the person of Frank Garofalo? She devotes a great portion of the second half of the book to evaluating each of these suspects in the still unsolved murder. It is evident now, as it was in 1943, that the longtime mafioso Carmine Galante was the trigger man but at whose orders has always been a mystery. Hence the very apt title: All the Right Enemies.

[Donald · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great read interesting for anyone who is into early 20th century politics.

[Mitch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book on the assisination of Carlo Tresca