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Friends in High Places - by Laton McCartney (Paperback)

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  • "Riveting . . . exemplifies how business works by exploiting personal connections.
  • About the Author: Laton McCartney is the author of the national bestseller Friends in High Places: The Bechtel Story-The Most Secret Corporation and How It Engineered the World, The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country, and Across the Great Divide: Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail.
  • 288 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Corporate & Business History

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"Riveting . . . exemplifies how business works by exploiting personal connections."--Businessweek

The Bechtel Group is a private company that shuns the limelight, yet it is one of the prime movers-and-shakers in the global economic arena. Founded by self-made millionaire Warren A. Bechtel as a risk-taking construction and engineering firm, the multibillion-dollar, multinational conglomerate is responsible for constructing the Hoover Dam, laying the Alaskan oil pipeline, and building half of the world's nuclear power plants, for starters.

But Bechtel did not complete these ambitious projects on its own; it did so with the help of such "friends" as Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Dwight Eisenhower, and former employees George Shultz and Caspar Weinberger.

Bechtel's access to high-ranking government officials is unparalleled in the private sector. And with that access comes the temptation to accept favors and influence policy. Business journalist Laton McCartney combines painstaking research and powerful reporting to tell here, for the first time, the explosive inside story of what really goes on at the company that changed the face of the globe.

"McCartney has made an important contribution to understanding a powerful U.S. corporation and American business history."--The Philadelphia Inquirer



About the Author



Laton McCartney is the author of the national bestseller Friends in High Places: The Bechtel Story-The Most Secret Corporation and How It Engineered the World, The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country, and Across the Great Divide: Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail. McCartney has written extensively on business, finance, and politics for many national magazines. He and his wife, Nancy, divide their time between Wyoming and New York City.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.02 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .52 Inches (D)
Weight: .93 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Corporate & Business History
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Laton McCartney
Language: English
Street Date: April 8, 1989
TCIN: 90951121
UPC: 9780345360441
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-4586
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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