num_pages: 408
description: The amazing true story behind the siege of America's favorite beer company How did InBev a Belgian company controlled by Brazilians take over one of America's most beloved brands after barely a whimper of a fight? Timing and some unexpected help from powerful members of the Busch dynasty the very family that had run the company for more than a century. In Dethroning the King  the award-winning financial journalist who led coverage of the takeover for the Financial Times details how the drama that unfolded at Anheuser-Busch in 2008 went largely unreported as the world tumbled into a global economic crisis second only to the Great Depression. Today as the dust settles questions are being asked about how the King of Beers was so easily captured by a foreign corporation and whether the company's fall mirrors America's dwindling financial and political dominance.
language: English
title: Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon
publisher: Wiley