Bryan Burrough Bücher

Die bizarre Finanzgeschichte eines der größten Unternehmensübernahmen in der amerikanischen Geschichte. Mit einem Einsatz von 25 Milliarden Dollar wurde der Kampf um die Kontrolle von RJR Nabisco im Oktober und November 1988 zum Symbol für Gier und Machtstreben der achtziger Jahre. Diese fesselnde Erzählung enthüllt die Wahrheit hinter einem Wall-Street-Spiel, das Schockwellen durch die internationale Geschäftswelt sandte. Die Regeln waren: niemals bar bezahlen – niemals die Wahrheit sagen – niemals nach den Regeln spielen. Die Geschichte bietet die Spannung eines erstklassigen Thrillers und ist eines der eindrucksvollsten Berichte darüber, was mit der Unternehmenswelt und Wall Street in den 1980er Jahren geschah. Für ihre Berichterstattung über die Übernahme von RJR Nabisco erhielten Burrough und Helyar den renommierten Gerald Loeb Award für herausragenden Journalismus im Bereich Wirtschaft und Finanzen.

The book provides a gripping narrative of the intense conflict between the FBI and various domestic revolutionary groups during the 1970s. It explores the social and political upheaval of the era, highlighting the motivations and actions of both the government and the activists. Through detailed accounts and vivid storytelling, the author delves into the tactics employed by the FBI and the responses from these movements, offering a comprehensive look at a pivotal time in American history.

Recounts how Texas oil transformed wealth and power in America through the stories of the state's four most influential oil families, tracing how they rose from modest backgrounds, shaped the government, and bankrolled the rise of modern conservatism.

A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, it includes a new afterword by the authors that brings this remarkable story of greed and double-dealings up to date twenty years after the famed deal. The Los Angeles Times calls Barbarians at the Gate, “Superlative.” The Chicago Tribune raves, “It’s hard to imagine a better story...and it’s hard to imagine a better account.” And in an era of spectacular business crashes and federal bailouts, it still stands as a valuable cautionary tale that must be heeded.

In Public Enemies , bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI to tell the full story—for the first time—of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young Hoover and the assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. In an epic feat of storytelling and drawing on a remarkable amount of newly available material on all the major figures involved, Burrough reveals a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld and demonstrates how Hoover’s G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBI’s rise to power.