End of the Line: The Rise and Fall of AT & T

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Free Press, 2005 - Business & Economics - 301 pages
"Veteran telcom journalist Leslie Cauley pursued the story for over a decade and witnessed the entire debacle. Cauley gained access to current and former AT & T executives, boardmembers, and other insiders. Filled with new and controversial material and peopled by a cast of characters worthy of a Shakespearean drama, this is the first book to chronicle this tale." "Up through the late 1990s, AT & T - tough, innovative, resourceful - seemed infallible. For industry insiders and for the general public, it loomed as an emblem of American business prowess and, even more, the American Dream fulfilled. End of the Line is an unprecedented account of the ruin of an icon and one of the shattering corporate events of our time."--Jacket.

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Contents

IN THE BEGINNING
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TROUBLE IN LONGDISTANCE PARADISE
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4
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Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Leslie Cauley spent nine years as a staff writer and editor for The Wall Street Journal in New York.