Barbarians At The Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Bryan Burrough

ISBN 10: 0099545837 / ISBN 13: 9780099545835

Published by Arrow, 2010

About this Item

2010. Revised. paperback. 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. This title recounts this two-month battle. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; KJVB; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 406. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Barbarians At The Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099545837
• ISBN 13: 9780099545835
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

Barbarians at the Gate recounts this two-month battle with breathtaking pace and flair, and transports back to the Wall Street empire before it crumbled, through the boardroom doors, into the midnight meetings, the betrayals, the deal makers and publicity flaks, into a world where - as Nabisco CEO Ross Johnson put it - 'a few million dollars are lost in the sands of time'.

Twenty years on, the world is once again recovering from a period of financial extravagance and irresponsibility. This revised edition brings the ultimate business thriller up to date for a new generation of readers.

From the Back Cover

Over six months on the New York Times bestseller list, Barbarians at the Gate is the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Bryan Burrough and John Helyar's gripping record of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street in October and November of 1988 is the story of deal makers and pulicity flaks, of strategy meetings and society dinners, of boardrooms and bedrooms, giving us not only an unprecedentedly detailed look at how financial operations at the highest levels are conducted but also a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era. As compelling as a novel, Barbarians at the Gate is must reading for everyone interested in the way today's world really works.