Barbarians at the Gate

Anniversary edition of the classic, bestselling business thriller - 'This is the eye-popping truth about greed on a JCB scale. Mouthwatering stuff' Griff Rhys Jones, The Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books for Men, Independent

Informationen zum Autor Bryan Burrough is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in New York. In 1987 he won the John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism. John Helyar worked for the Wall Street Journal for nine years. He is now a senior editor of Southpoint, a business magazine based in Atlanta, Georgia. Klappentext A 20th anniversary edition of the classic work, which describes the battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the autumn of 1988. It was the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history. Revised, this updated edition brings the ultimate business thriller up to date. 'One of the greatest business books ever written' "New York Times" Zusammenfassung The battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the Autumn of 1988, which became the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history, sent shock-waves through the international business world and became a symbol of the greed, excess and egotism of the eighties.

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Anniversary edition of the classic, bestselling business thriller - 'This is the eye-popping truth about greed on a JCB scale. Mouthwatering stuff' Griff Rhys Jones, The Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books for Men, Independent

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A 20th anniversary edition of the classic work, which describes the battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the autumn of 1988. It was the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history. Revised, this updated edition brings the ultimate business thriller up to date. 'One of the greatest business books ever written' "New York Times"

Résumé
The battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the Autumn of 1988, which became the largest and most dramatic corporate takeover in American history, sent shock-waves through the international business world and became a symbol of the greed, excess and egotism of the eighties.