Breaking the Devilas Pact: The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob

by James B. Jacobs and Kerry T. Cooperman

Book Overview

An in-depth study of the U.S. v. the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

In 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), at the time possibly the most corrupt union in the world. The lawsuit charged that the mafia had operated the IBT as a racketeering enterprise for decades, systematically violating the rights of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814743080
• ISBN13: 9780814743089
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"