Little Man had great first hand sources but the problem is the author seemed to buy into their obvious downplaying of what Lansky actually belonged to.
Much as I respect Robert Lacey and the excellent scholarship he did with "Little Man," I'm skeptical of his claim that Lansky never dealt in drugs or was a party to murder. He was a gangster: If there was money to be made in drugs, or advantage to be gained from murder, he was part of it. Didn't Lansky arrange the hit squads that whacked Masseria and Maranzano?
