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Barbarians at the Gate

By John Helyar & Bryan Burrough

The Fall of RJR Nabisco. HarperBusiness Essentials, 2003.

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The spellbinding tale behind the battle for control of RJR Nabisco and its impact on Wall Street, presented by the former investigative reporters who covered the story as it unfolded.

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Entrepreneurs • stockbrokers • historians • economists • politicians • anyone with an interest in Wall Street

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Bryan Burrough and John Helyar are former investigative reporters for The Wall Street Journal. Their work on the RJR Nabisco case earned them the 1989 Gerald Loeb Award. Burrough won two additional Gerald Loeb Awards for his journalism and has appeared on Today and Good Morning America. Heylar’s solo work has also appeared in Fortune magazine and Bloomberg News.

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