Operation Underworld
How the Mafia and US Government Teamed Up to Win World War II

I feel badly for author Matthew Black because Operation Underworld sounds fantastic as a synopsis and he clearly knows how to write. Unfortunately, there just isn't enough interesting aspects of the story to keep it compelling. A true story which follows how the U.S. Navy recruited the Mafia to help......more

Operation Underworld is dadly historical narrative non-fiction about one of the weirder alliances in a war full of weird alliances. In early 1942, as the United States entered the war and Nazi U-boats sank ships by the scores up and down the coast, security of the ports was a major concern. A naval......more

Mafia Spies This book sounded interesting as I had never known that the Mafia helped our government during WWII. It was something new I learned and I like learning new historical facts. The new captain had to figure out how to counteract the information being fed to the Italian's by spies in the U.S.......more

A very interesting bit of history that most people don’t know happened. The Navy collaborated with the Mafia to protect the New York harbor area from enemy attack and sabotage during the early part of WWII. A messy situation that neither party wanted to admit to. A successful partnership did indeed......more

As much of a history of organized crime in America as it is a recollection of aid that they gave in defending the East Coast during WWII. Author tries his best to flesh things out but there’s not much there.......more