Trump: The Deals and the Downfall

INCLUDES: TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION1. UNRAVELING2. ROOTS OF THE EMPIRE3. THE PASSAGE OF POWER4. FIRST FORAY5. TAX BREAK HOTEL6. THE PRICE OF PETTINESS7. A TOWERING TRIUMPH8. CAPTURING THE BOARDWALK9. TAKING ON THE TENANTS10. FROM THE WEST SIDE TO MAR-A-LAGO11. PIGSKIN POLITICS12. TURNING POINT13. THE BILLION-DOLLAR BET14. DEMISEACKNOWLEDGMENTSINDEXPHOTOGRAPH INSERT FOLLOWS PAGE 240FROM THE DUST JACKET: "NO FIGURE HAS COME TO SYMBOLIZE THE EXCESSES OF THE 1980S AS VIVIDLY OR AS POWERFULLY AS DONALD TRUMP. AS MASTER BUILDER, AS MEDIA STAR, AS BESTSELLING AUTHOR, AS CONSPICUOUSLY WEALTHY CONSUMER, TRUMP REIGNED--UNTIL HIS SPECTACULAR COLLAPSE--UNCHALLENGED AS A UNIQUE NEW BREED OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPERSTAR, ONE WHO WAS AS CONFIDENTLY VICTORIOUS ON TELEVISION AND THE PODIUMS OF AN ENDLESS STRING OF PRESS CONFERENCES AS HE WAS IN THE BOARDROOMS AND BANKERS' OFFICES WHERE HE WAGED HIS EPIC BATTLES. FOR ALL THE MEDIA ATTENTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO HIM, THOUGH, WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, APART FROM WHAT HE HAS CAREFULLY CONTRIVED TO FOSTER THE MYTH OF A SELF-MADE FINANCIAL GENIUS, A MAN FOR WHOM EXTRAVAGANCE WAS MERELY A PEREQUISITE OF SUCCESS?