How did this family once known for doing just about everything efficiently end up with Amuso as boss and the chaos that ensued?

I've heard some people say that Ducks actually wanted someone else but it somehow ended up being Amuso. Any truth to this?

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea