In a story that recently dominated US headlines, bestselling author James B Stewart takes readers inside the epic battle for control of the world's leading entertainment company.
The Walt Disney Company is an iconic symbol of ingenuity and creative talent and a powerful multi-media, multi-billion-dollar conglomerate with holdings ranging from sports, broadcast networks, cable channels, news and entertainment divisions and consumer products to the well-known theme parks, animation and feature films.
'Disneywar' is based on hundreds of interviews with company executives and voluminous documents, including accounts of critical meetings and strategy sessions.
No company - and no book - so captures the essence of American capitalism and popular culture, its story told here in all its free-wheeling, often chaotic and ultimately exhilarating detail by one of the most acclaimed journalists of his generation.
