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He
had
no
illusions
about
the
dangerousness
of
his
mission
.
He
spent
the
first
year
meeting
with
different
chiefs
of
gangs
in
New
York
,
laying
the
groundwork
,
sounding
them
out
,
proposing
spheres
of
influence
that
would
be
honored
by
a
loosely
bound
confederated
council
.
But
there
were
too
many
factions
,
too
many
special
interests
that
conflicted
.
Agreement
was
impossible
.
Like
other
great
rulers
and
lawgivers
in
history
Don
Corteone
decided
that
order
and
peace
were
impossible
until
the
number
of
reigning
states
had
been
reduced
to
a
manageable
number
.
There
were
five
or
six
"
Families
"
too
powerful
to
eliminate
.
But
the
rest
,
the
neighborhood
Black
Hand
terrorists
,
the
free-lance
shylocks
,
the
strong-arm
bookmakers
operating
without
the
proper
,
that
is
to
say
paid
,
protection
of
the
legal
authorities
,
would
have
to
go
.
And
so
he
mounted
what
was
in
effect
a
colonial
war
against
these
people
and
threw
all
the
resources
of
the
Corleone
organization
against
them
.
The
pacification
of
the
New
York
area
took
three
years
and
had
some
unexpected
rewards
.
At
first
it
took
the
form
of
bad
luck
.
A
group
of
mad-dog
Irish
stickup
artists
the
Don
had
marked
for
extermination
almost
carried
the
day
with
sheer
Emerald
Isle
elan
.
By
chance
,
and
with
suicidal
bravery
,
one
of
these
Irish
gunmen
pierced
the
Don
's
protective
cordon
and
put
a
shot
into
his
chest
.
The
assassin
was
immediately
riddled
with
bullets
but
the
damage
was
done
.
However
this
gave
Sanrtino
Corleone
his
chance
.
With
his
father
out
of
action
,
Sonny
took
command
of
a
troop
,
his
own
regime
,
with
the
rank
of
caporegime
,
and
like
a
young
,
untrumpeted
Napoleon
,
showed
a
genius
for
city
warfare
.
He
also
showed
a
merciless
ruthlessness
,
the
lack
of
which
had
been
Don
Corleone
's
only
fault
as
a
conqueror
.
From
1935
to
1937
Sonny
Corleond
made
a
reputation
as
the
most
cunning
and
relentless
executioner
the
underworld
had
yet
known
.
Yet
for
sheer
terror
even
he
was
eclipsed
by
the
awesome
man
named
Luca
Brasi
.
It
was
Brasi
who
went
after
the
rest
of
the
Irish
gunmen
and
single-handedly
wiped
them
out
.
It
was
Brasi
,
operating
alone
when
one
of
the
six
powerful
families
tried
to
interfere
and
become
the
protector
of
the
independents
,
who
assassinated
the
head
of
the
family
as
a
warning
.
Shortly
after
,
the
Don
recovered
from
his
wound
and
made
peace
with
that
particular
family
.
By
1937
peace
and
harmony
reigned
in
New
York
City
except
for
minor
incidents
,
minor
misunderstandings
which
were
,
of
course
,
sometimes
fatal
.
As
the
rulers
of
ancient
cities
always
kept
an
anxious
eye
on
the
barbarian
tribes
roving
around
their
walls
,
so
Don
Corleone
kept
an
eye
on
the
affairs
of
the
world
outside
his
world
.
He
noted
the
coming
of
Hitler
,
the
fall
of
Spain
,
Germany
's
strong-arming
of
Britain
at
Munich
.
Unblinkered
by
that
outside
world
,
he
saw
clearly
the
coming
global
war
and
he
understood
the
implications
.
His
own
world
would
be
more
impregnable
than
before
.
Not
only
that
,
fortunes
could
be
made
in
time
of
war
by
alert
,
foresighted
folk
.
