Fighting Organized Crime: Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey

by Mary M. Stolberg

Mary M. Stolberg brings to life the dramatic interplay between crime and politics in New York City during the 1930s, from the emergence of organized crime as a political issue in Fiorella La Guardia's 1929 mayoral campaign to the appointment of Thomas E. Dewey as special prosecutor and his use of that position to further his presidential ambitions.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published October 5, 1995