Friends in high places : the Bechtel story : the most secret corporation and how it engineered the world / Laton McCartney.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1988, 1989.Edition: First Ballantine Books editionDescription: 273 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0671474154
- 0345360443
- 338.8/87 B 19
- TA 217 .B4 M38 1989
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BOOKS | Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks | TA 217 .B4 M38 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | NPML19090018 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index.
1. The grove -- 2. Dad -- 3. Boulder -- 4. Steve -- 5. The war years -- 6. In his own image -- 7. Saudi Arabia -- 8. Lucky man -- 9. atoms for peace -- 10. The company and the company -- 11. The succession -- 12. Taking command -- 13. Libya -- 14. A friend in the White House -- 15. Secretary Shultz -- 16. Cap's period of adjustment -- 17. The Arab boycott -- 18. Nuclear eclipse -- 19. Company troubles -- 20. Powerhouse -- 21. The next generation
"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, multi-national 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 project 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 Casper 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." -- from the back cover
"New for this edition -- a timely examination of the last days of President Reagan, the first days of President Bush, and their continuing ties to Bechtel." -- from the back cover
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