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           Withhisfatheroutofaction,Sonnytookcommandofatroop,hisownregime,withtherankofcaporegime,andlikeayoung,untrumpetedNapoleon,showedageniusforcitywarfare.Healsoshowedamercilessruthlessness,thelackofwhichhadbeenDonCorleone’sonlyfaultasaconqueror.

           From1935to1937SonnyCorleondmadeareputationasthemostcunningandrelentlessexecutionertheunderworldhadyetknown.YetforsheerterrorevenhewaseclipsedbytheawesomemannamedLucaBrasi.

           ItwasBrasiwhowentaftertherestoftheIrishgunmenandsingle-handedlywipedthemout.ItwasBrasi,operatingalonewhenoneofthesixpowerfulfamiliestriedtointerfereandbecometheprotectoroftheindependents,whoassassinatedtheheadofthefamilyasawarning.Shortlyafter,theDonrecoveredfromhiswoundandmadepeacewiththatparticularfamily.

           By1937peaceandharmonyreignedinNewYorkCityexceptforminorincidents,minormisunderstandingswhichwere,ofcourse,sometimesfatal.

           Astherulersofancientcitiesalwayskeptananxiouseyeonthebarbariantribesrovingaroundtheirwalls,soDonCorleonekeptaneyeontheaffairsoftheworldoutsidehisworld.HenotedthecomingofHitler,thefallofSpain,Germany’sstrong-armingofBritainatMunich.Unblinkeredbythatoutsideworld,hesawclearlythecomingglobalwarandheunderstoodtheimplications.Hisownworldwouldbemoreimpregnablethanbefore.Notonlythat,fortunescouldbemadeintimeofwarbyalert,foresightedfolk.