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Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon

ISBN: 978-1-118-20282-1
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272 pages
September 2011
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Cast of Characters xiii

Author's Note xvii

Prologue 1

Chapter 1: The Game Is Afoot 5

Chapter 2: Crazy and Lazy at Loggerheads 23

Chapter 3: The Colossus 37

Chapter 4: Selling the American Dream 57

Chapter 5: The Fourth Abides 77

Chapter 6: The Hunter's Frozen Trigger Finger 111

Chapter 7: A Babe in the Woods 127

Chapter 8: The Old Gobi Desert Trick 143

Chapter 9: Mr. Brito Goes to Washington 161

Chapter 10: Angry Bedfellows 181

Chapter 11: The Board: August, August, and Augusta 203

Chapter 12: The Montagues and the Busches 241

Chapter 13: A Seller from "Hello" 257

Chapter 14: Put Up or Shut Up 275

Chapter 15: A Long Way from St. Louis 295

Chapter 16: A Toast on Both Sides 311

Chapter 17: Cash Out or Hunker Down 323

Epilogue 341

Notes 355

Acknowledgments 369

About the Author 371

Index 373