{"product_id":"barbarians-at-the-gate","title":"Barbarians at the Gate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, \u003cem\u003eBarbarians at the Gate \u003c\/em\u003eis the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a buyout from investment firm KKR.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that created a genre of its own, and a book that gets at the heart of Wall Street and the '80s culture it helped define, \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarbarians at the Gate\u003c\/em\u003e is a modern classic--a masterpiece of investigatory journalism and a rollicking book of corporate derring-do and financial swordsmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age and its repercussions are still being felt. The tale remains the ultimate story of greed and glory--a story and a cast of characters that determined the course of global business and redefined how deals would be done and fortunes made in the decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarbarians at the Gate\u003c\/em\u003e is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse (home of such familiar products a Oreos and Camels) that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of finance in the 1980s. As reporters for \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, Burrough and Helyar had extensive access to all the characters in this drama. They take the reader behind the scenes at strategy meetings and society dinners, into boardrooms and bedrooms, providing an unprecedentedly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the huge power struggle is RJR Nabisco's president, the high-living Ross Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52641023426927,"sku":"9780061655555","price":168.38,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0061655554.jpg?v=1770404323","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/barbarians-at-the-gate","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}