false <![CDATA[Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178292800m/781182.jpg 781182 18 <p><i>Barbarians at the Gate</i> has been called one of the most influential business books of all time -- the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Bryan Burrough and John Helyar's gripping account of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street in October and November of 1988 is the story of deal makers and publicity flaks, of strategy meetings and society dinners, of boardrooms and bedrooms -- giving us not only a 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.</p> <p><i>Barbarians at the Gate</i> -- a business narrative classic -- is must reading for everyone interested in the way today's world <i>really</i> works.</p> 1011004 1920 Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco total:702|5:218|4:327|3:133|2:18|1:6| 702 2839 1010 113 5 3 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 06:06:26 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 18 10:03:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Sun May 18 07:14:39 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 07:14:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 13 15:06:49 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 08:06:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jul 19 03:05:51 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 03:06:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 09:50:01 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 10:14:34 -0800 2008 1 This tsunami of details in this story of the leveraged buy-out of RJR Nabisco would be mind-numbing if it were not for the sharp anger at the incessant and insatiable greed it highlights.

One feels an eerie sense of déjà vu reading this book. The RJR Nabisco takeover battl...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 15:24:37 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 15:24:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 12:02:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 12:15:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 24 22:36:19 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 12:17:06 -0800 2008
No reporter can with 100 percent accuracy re-create events that occurred some time before. Memories play tricks on participants, the more so when the outcome has become clear. A reporter tries to guard against inaccuracies by checking with a variety of sources, but it is...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Sat May 09 12:24:50 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 12:48:58 -0700 2009
It wasn't just the history and events in the leveraged bailout of Nabisco that ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 21 08:00:25 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:10:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 16:11:40 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:41:16 -0700 2009 It's not "...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 07:14:40 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 07:20:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:52:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:58:04 -0700 2009
Yes, toward the middle of the book it got bogged down with any details and characters; so for a while I had a hard time following everything, but then it al...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 23 16:59:55 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 17:06:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 00:03:23 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 04 15:03:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 17:19:42 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 29 13:23:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 06:45:02 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 06:53:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 24 22:51:10 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 04 19:21:01 -0800 2008
I also found it quite difficult to follow exactly who everyone was...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 20:48:43 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 21:04:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 08:23:47 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:13:41 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 08:23:47 -0800 2009
This may rival Conspiracy of Fools for my favorite corporate malfeasance story. We shall ...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=781182