Outfit - Role Of Chicago Underworld in shaping Modern America

These were the original Gangsters, and although they were scum of the worst kind, they were nothing in comparison to deeply corrupted American society. As author Gus Russo claims, the only reason between them and upperworld criminals is lack of finesse and education. Of course, stories about gangsters are easier to sell, because of their so called notoriety, and everybody knows that politicians are crooks. However, they got more guts to spare than all the rest of so called white collar criminals. I always felt somekind of sympathy for these freaks, and book is rich with their adventures and often funny in the most unbelievable black humor type. As always, Americans were racist towards jews, italians, and niggers, and as Meyer Lansky clearly put it: these hypocrites like mormons and protestants took over what we achieved and made it all legal, in contrary to their moral obligations. I personally like books about gangsters because they so often reflects and expose the true gangsters, which is American Government. For every fan of crime fiction, this is entertaining read.