David Rockefeller: Memoirs

Rockefeller, David

ISBN 10: 0679405887 / ISBN 13: 9780679405887

Verlag: Random House, 2002

Beschreibung

First trade edition, second printing. Signed by Rockefeller on the half title page. Book is graded NEAR FINE condition, light shelfwear, clean crisp pages. Dustjacket is graded VERY GOOD condition, light shelfwear, a few spots on the back jacket flap, no other blemishes. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1591243951546

Bibliografische Details

Titel: David Rockefeller: Memoirs

Verlag: Random House

Erscheinungsdatum: 2002

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

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Inhaltsangabe:

Book by Rockefeller David

Reseña del editor:

David Rockefeller was born in 1915, the youngest child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., one of the richest men in the United States, and the great patron of modern art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He graduated from Harvard College in the depths of the Depression, when the capitalist order, which his grandfather had helped to create, was under relentless attack. He studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Ph.D.
He worked briefly for New York City's flamboyant mayor Fiorello La Guardia before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1942. His service as an intelligence officer in North Africa and France brought him into contact with many of the individuals who would soon dominate European politics and gave him a unique perspective on the events and personalities that eventuated in the "twilight struggle" of the Cold War.
Rockefeller joined the Chase bank in 1946 as an assistant manager in the Foreign Department and rose through the ranks to become chairman of the board and chief executive officer. During that time, he struggled constantly to modernize and internationalize the bank's operations, often against a conservative and risk-averse corporate culture.