Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
by Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
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Author: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-01
ISBN: 0060920386
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Perennial (HarperCollins)

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Book Review: They Don't Teach You This Stuff in Business School...
Summary: 5 Stars

Jump right into the middle of one of the biggest and most tumultuous leveraged buyouts in history. After reading this book, you will feel as though you know the players involved...everybody from F. Ross Johnson at RJR Nabisco to Peter Atkins, the lawyer from Skadden Arps who handled the bidding. The information contained in this book is worth at least 6 semester hours toward your MBA! In fact, I'd venture to say that reading books like "Barbarians at the Gate" will leave you better prepared than almost any MBA program in the United States.

Can you tell I loved this book????

Summary of Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

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.

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