barbarians at the gate by bryan burrough

This revised edition brings the ultimate business thriller up to date for a new generation of readers. Bryan Burrough and John Helyars gripping account of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street in October and November of 1988 is the story of deal makers and. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Bryan Burrough, John Helyar 4.26 36,129 ratings1,075 reviews A 1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco.

Twenty years on, the world is once again recovering from a period of financial extravagance and irresponsibility. 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.īarbarians 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'.

Barbarians at the gate by bryan burrough