Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism

An "engaging and informative" history of one of capitalism's longest-running tensions—the high-stakes battles between management and shareholders (The New Yorker).

Recent disputes between shareholders and major corporations, including Apple and DuPont, have made headlines. But the struggle between management and those who own stock has been going on for nearly a century. Mixing never-before-published and rare, original letters from Wall Street icons—including Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett...