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One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate america and wall street in the 1980s. Washington monthly, 01011990 one of the best written books about finance. He decides, for reasons i wont spoil, to attempt a leveraged buyout of the company, which means in a nutshell a nutshell is the only grasp i have of this subject, even after reading the massive book means that he put a bid into play which would allow him to buy. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by bryan. The fall of rjr nabisco is a book about the leveraged buyout. With james garner, jonathan pryce, peter riegert, joanna cassidy. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by bryan burrough and john helyar, it. Barbarians at the gate by bryan burrough 9780099545835. I recommend this book but if you think this does not go on anymore, you need to take the blinds off. Plot summary of barbarians at the gate ross johnson was the ceo of rjr nabisco. Barbarians at the gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months.
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