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Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 592
Publication Date: June 01, 2003
Sales Rank: 260532
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Product Description:
Barbarians at the Gate 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.
Barbarians at the Gate -- a business narrative classic -- is must reading for everyone interested in the way today's world really works.
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - They Don't Teach You This Stuff in Business School...
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Better than "Wall Street"
Definition of a page-turner, loved it.The authors got so much out of their interview subjects, the personal thoughts and dialog left you feeling like you were a part of these negotiations.They portrayed everyone even-handedly when it was probably tempting to make villains out of Ross Johnson or Henry Kravis.Extremely entertaining, a first class example of literary non-fiction.
Rating:  - What does all this have to do with 'business'?
The author said it himself, "What does all this have to do with business? ". I bought this book hoping to get an insight into how large companys are run. Unfortunately it was full of details on how companys are sold, not run. I suppose if that is what you are after, then the book does its job. But if you wanted to learn something about real business, this is NOT the book for you.
Rating: - Over rated
Many people I know have read this book and rave about how good it is.However it is really just a factual account of the events with no real insight.The writing is ok but you are not transformed into the action.You get no since of the pressure or the egos.The characters are the real deal and the writes don't all you to understand them or even get you to like or hate them.The book left me a bit flat but if you have no idea how companies are bought and offers are made it is still worth the read. ... Read More
Rating:  - Ladies And Gentlemen, The 1980s!!!
The mantra "Greed is good" was uttered by that 1980s paragon of Wall Street virtue, Gordon Gekko, yet it could just have easily been any one profiled in this mind-warping 1990 account of the leveraged buyout (LBO) of cigarette-and-cookie conglomerate RJR Nabisco, starting with RJR's chief executive, Ross Johnson.
Johnson was the one who first saw the benefits of taking RJR's undervalued stock private, boosting both his wealth and control. Small economies were not for him.
"I'm ... Read More
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