Tokyo Underworld (Vintage Departures) [Idioma Inglés]: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan - Tapa blanda

Whiting, Robert

 
9780375724893: Tokyo Underworld (Vintage Departures) [Idioma Inglés]: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan
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ISBN 10: 0375724893 ISBN 13: 9780375724893
Editorial: Vintage, 2000

Sinopsis

A provocative study of the role of Americans in the growth and development of the Tokyo underworld since the end of World War II examines the powerful alliances among crime bosses, corporate leaders, politicians, and public figures. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Acerca del autor

Robert Whiting lives in Tokyo.

De la contraportada

"A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan."--Mario Puzo
In this unorthodox chronicle of the rise of Japan, Inc., Robert Whiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa, gives us a fresh perspective on the economic miracle and near disaster that is modern Japan.
Through the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former black marketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief who turned himself into "the Mafia boss of Tokyo and the king of Rappongi," we meet the players and the losers in the high-stakes game of postwar finance, politics, and criminal corruption in which he thrived. Here's the story of the Imperial Hotel diamond robbers, who attempted (and may have accomplished) the biggest heist in Tokyo's history. Here is Rikidozan, the professional wrestler who almost single-handedly revived Japanese pride, but whose own ethnicity had to be kept secret. And here is the story of the intimate relationships shared by Japan's ruling party, its financial combines, its ruthless criminal gangs, the CIA, American Big Business, and perhaps at least one presidential relative. Here is the underside of postwar Japan, which is only now coming to light.

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Editorial
Vintage
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0375724893
ISBN 13 
9780375724893
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
400
Contacto del fabricante
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9780679419761: Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan

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ISBN 10:  0679419764 ISBN 13:  9780679419761
Editorial: Pantheon Books, 1999
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