The Sicilian Mafia: The Armed Wing of Politics

Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 From the Revolutionary Squadre to the Corleonesi
	2.1	How Low-level Criminals became Mafiosi
	2.2	The Mafia Becomes the “Election Helper”
	2.3	Suppression Under Fascism?
	2.4	American “Reconstruction Aid”
	2.5	From the Rural to the Urban Mafia
	2.6	Violent “Intermezzo” by the Corleonesi
	2.7	The Mafia Goes “Underground”
3  Inside the Mafia
	3.1	From the “Uomo d’Onore” to the “Capo dei Capi”
	3.2	From Have-Nots to “Men of Honor”
	3.3	The Way into the Cosa Nostra
	3.4	The “Codice d’Onore”—The Honor Code
	3.5	“The Business of Crime”
	3.6	Murder Only in Case of Emergency
4 Italy—A Mafia Democracy?
	4.1	“The Fish stinks from the Head”—Why Politicians get away with everything
	4.2	Whether White, Red or Blue1, What Counts is the “Smell of Power”
	4.3	Protection and Favoritism in Exchange for Support
	4.4	Judiciary and Police: Henchman of Politics?
	4.5	“Meeting Places”: Elite Clubs and Secret Lodges
	4.6	The Mafia as a “Lightning Rod” for Dark Powers
Notes
Glossary
References