Pt. 1. Independence -- Innovation -- Succession -- Vision and culture -- The internationalist -- Raising the iron curtain -- Opening trade in services -- Reopening China -- The life business -- The domestic front -- Investments -- Governance -- pt. 2. Interlude -- Hostile change -- Restating history -- Civil War -- Saving the Starr Foundation -- Chaos -- Nationalization
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Chronicles the origins of the company and its relentless pioneering of open markets everywhere in the world, with riveting vignettes of how AIG grew from a modest group of insurance enterprises in 1970 to the largest insurance company in world history. The authors illustrate AIG's distinctive entrepreneurial culture and how its outstanding employees worldwide helped pave the road to globalization