Author: Thomas, Donald,
Title: AN UNDERWORLD AT WAR - Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War.
Description: John Murray, London, ND (copyright 2003), 4th impression, xvii, 429pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, decorative head and tailbands, (9.5 x 6" approx.), although WW2 produced numerous acts of heroism and self-sacrifice it also made many people rich and the country was ripped-off of millions of pounds by both personal and corporate greed. The profits of civilian wartime racketeering dwarfed pre-war criminality and extended from the civilian population through to the armed forces, endangering the health and sight of RAF personnel by serving industrial alcohol in West End clubs, the front line soldier as vehicles intended for the front arrived stripped of essental spares, etc., edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustweapper,

Keywords: war ww2 underworld spivs deserters racketeers


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