When Anastasia was killed, and Costello was shot, it changed the mob drastically. A reshuffling at the highest levels. When Bonanno was forced to retire, what changed? What kind of power restructure went along with it that affected the more lucrative rackets? It was of little consequence. Joe Bananas, we hardly knew ya....
Again, great book however and I agree with a lot of Bonanno's philosophy. He and the Sicilian loyalists had somewhat of a justified approach to the mafia's role in the U.S. that stems from the mafia's Sicilian history, something that Costellos, Anastasias and later Gottis don't have.