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Dreihundert Männer
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Three hundred German men, wrote Walther Rathenau at the beginning of the 20th century, determined the economic destiny of the continent. He was referring to the tight-knit web of bankers, captains of industry, and lobbyists that had emerged alongside the rise of companies such as Allianz, Krupp, and Siemens. They knew one another, they spoke with one another--and they colluded with one another. Right up until the 1990s, this network--dubbed "Deutschland AG"--shaped both politics and corporate culture within the Federal Republic. Konstantin Richter weaves the stories of these movers and shakers, these magnates, into a fast-paced, scene-driven narrative. Through masterfully crafted episodes, he transforms their world into our own. He joins Nicolaus Otto and Gottlieb Daimler as they harvest vegetables--an activity in which the two compete just as fiercely as they do in the development of new engines. Richter takes a seat at the table as the Mannesmann brothers spin their outlandish intrigues in Morocco, and he commutes alongside Thomas Middelhoff from Bielefeld to Essen as the latter makes his way to the office by helicopter. The result is a unique epic spanning some 150 years: from the "start-up nation" of the Imperial era to our own crisis-ridden present, and from the rise of Deutschland AG to its ultimate decline.
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