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The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group
A penetrating look at the company at the nexus of big business, government, and defense The Carlyle Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world with over $13 billion in funds. Carlyle's investments include everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace companies. But there is more to this company than meets the eye. Carlyle's exec
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Paperback, 210 pages
Published
July 1st 2004
by Wiley
(first published March 31st 2003)
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The story Dan Briody chronicles in The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group is one of a quest for power. Briody delves into the inner characters of the Carlyle Group, their transactions, and the entire history. Briody allows for there to always, in the back of the readers mind, to be the question: is this group using its power legally? In fact, Briody’s underlying theme stems from this question; Briody writes of the way business is done in America, and most importantly,
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A look at America's "military industrial complex." The author writes of the major players and their influence of the former state heads, defense industry, foreign govts, and Washington lawmakers manifested through the Caryle Group - the largest private equitiy in the world.
Personally, I thought the author introduced too much bias and was premature to jump to certain conclusions.
Personally, I thought the author introduced too much bias and was premature to jump to certain conclusions.
Interesting description of the history of Carlyle. At times it was very repetitive and negative. It made me want to hurry up and be finished to read something better.
I must say I picked this book up initially for no particular reason aside from I thought it is important to know about the most active private equity firm in the world given I work in Financial Sponsors Coverage. However, whether you work in the industry or not, this is a very enlightening book. It is ironic to see how little people’s sentiment towards private equity has changed today relative to how they viewed it when Carlyle was first founded in 1987 by Stephen Norris and David Rubenstein (y
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"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist."
~ President Dwight Eisenhower, January 17, 1961
"Watch out now, take care, beware of greedy leaders - they take you where you should not go..."
~ George Harrison, Beware of Darkness, November, 27 1970
These prescient words by a sitting President, who also wa ...more
~ President Dwight Eisenhower, January 17, 1961
"Watch out now, take care, beware of greedy leaders - they take you where you should not go..."
~ George Harrison, Beware of Darkness, November, 27 1970
These prescient words by a sitting President, who also wa ...more
"Fascinating" is the word that comes to mind after finishing this book - for the subject and its details, not for the writing style. Being a journalistic piece, it is presented in a straight-forward and factual way. However, the beauty of this book lies in the details - of the deals and the characters that inhabit these pages. The scary part is that we are looking at very real and very powerful people who have shaped the economy of USA and consequently also of the world. And the motivation for a
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I found this book to be highly informative. It sheds a lot of light on the workings of the system and how those in power will benefit from global wars and crisis. I found it wasn't the easiest to read. A lot of fact. Just press on and you'll find the associations between the elite and the military industrial complex. Right wing, left wing. It doesn't matter. This information has no political leaning. It's the straight up truth.
An intriguing read about something that is a bit scary. The Carlyle Group has their fingers in a lot of pies that magically become gold pies. Is it just luck that the companies they were part of made money off September 11, or was it something planned. As Bush senior works for Carlyle, and influenced his son while in office, did something get "missed" before 9/11?? The conspiracy theorists should be running wild with this group.
If you follow the trail of money, power, and personal connection you get to entities like the Carlyle Group -- concentrations of elites that run the world. This book gives you the details of some of that world.
While reading this book, I worked at a PE specialist firm that invested in Carlyle's funds. It was illuminating to read about the various ties to government and how much influence was there. Didn't make me love my job more.
This is a pretty straightforward look at the birth and growth of the Carlisle Group, hitting on the major events in the history of the company. It felt a bit light, but that may be a factor of its abbreviated length. A good resource, with some good reading, but not a must read.
Read this in high school, A very cool piece of investigative journalism detailing the role of private equity and political connections... answers all your questions about the carlyle group
Very illuminating (for lack of better word)... I hope the publishers/authors do an updated edition with developments of the last decade
Classic business text. Entertaining but may be a little exaggerated for experienced finance / business reader.
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