Cosa nostra : an illustrated history of the mafia / Massimo Picozzi ; preface by Carlo Lucarelli ; with an afterword by Pietro Grasso.

Nothing more than criminals
Reasons for an illustrated book on the Mafia
From myth to reality : the origins of the Cosa Nostra
Gangs of New York : immigration, the criminal fringe, and more
United Italy discovers the Mafia : from the Notarbartolo Affair to Benito Mussolini
Senseless prohibition : the Golden Age of Mafia gangsters
An obscure period : from the landings in Sicily to the Giuliano Enigma
The Corleonesi arrive : victims, widows, and the first Mafia War
Lucky Luciano, Carlo Gambino, and the others : big families and big bosses
Corruption, connivance, and massacres : from the Sack of Palermo to the second Mafia war
The Buscetta Theorem : the season of the Maxi Trial
The last godfathers : the RICO Act, John Gotti, and the decline
From massacres to crisis : the attack on the state and the response from institutions
The Mafia is not defeated : conclusion by Italy's National anti-Mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso.