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Books are published
Two years later
1990
Two popular books are published about the takeover:

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
By Burrough, Bryan, and John Helyar.
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. (Made into a TV movie in 1993)
And, another:
True Greed: What Really Happened in the Battle for RJR Nabisco,
By Lampert, Hope.
New York: New American Library, 1990.
Since these books focus more on the personalities involved instead of a legal or economic analysis of the takeover, they would be of limited use in academic research.
Popular Book Characteristics | |
WRITTEN BY: | Journalists, professional writers, sometimes scholars |
AUDIENCE: | General public |
TIMELINESS: | Selected by editors for sales potential |
AUTHOR: | Journalists |
TIMELINESS: | Not as up-to-date as newspaper or business periodical articles |
CONTENT: | Provides a detailed, in-depth narrative of the story. May or may not include footnotes and references. |
TYPE OF SOURCE: | Secondary, unless the book is a personal account written by one of the participants |
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