The Everything War: Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

"A riveting and explosive work of investigative reporting that will stand as a classic. Dana Mattioli has managed to unearth the deepest secrets of the world's most powerful retailer, bringing it all into the daylight in vivid detail. Every page is revelatory and the characters--from the domineering billionaire CEO, to the brilliant 30-something trustbuster in Washington who pursues him--seem like they've walked straight out of a novel. This is the business story of our time."--Christopher Leonard, New York Times bestselling author of Kochland and The Lords of Easy Money
"Wall Street Journal reporter Mattioli debuts with a blistering exposé of how Amazon used its 'size, leverage, and access to data across industries to choke competition.' Mattioli's impressive reporting--which draws on internal documents and hundreds of interviews with employees, senior executives, and government officials--recreates the company's conquests in disturbing detail....This is investigative journalism at its finest."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"There's an echo here of Ida Tarbell, the journalist whose revelations about Standard Oil's monopolistic chicanery led to the famous antitrust case over a century ago. As the Wall Street Journal's Amazon correspondent (a post whose very existence speaks volumes), Mattioli's reporting came to focus on allegations of the company's anti-competitive behaviour, and it is the many eye-stretching case studies that are the meat of the book...The Everything War makes a compelling case that no company should be this powerful."--Jonathan Ford, The Financial Times
"Dana Mattioli's The Everything War is a masterful expose of a corporate leviathan's relentless drive for power. Her incisive writing and thorough reporting takes you behind a global juggernaut's seemingly innocuous facade. You will never look at those little cardboard boxes on your doorstep the same way again."--Zeke Faux, author of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

"In The Everything War, the journalist Dana Mattioli shows us at length that Bezos's legacy is far more insidious than we ever suspected....At this point, continuing to defend Amazon's business practices with the argument of low prices, even when such toxicity extends to a soul-crushing work culture, has turned into a feel-good illusion that corporate America keeps telling itself about the monster it has created. But as with all illusions, at some point, reality hits. This book is exactly the dose of reality Americans need to imagine a world without Amazon, which already costs us so much to feed."

--Karina Montoya, Washington Monthly
"An unflinching expose of thuggish strategies employed by Amazon--tactics that not only hobble competitors, exploit paying customers, but also cripple aspiring start-ups that make the mistake of sharing product secrets, only to find Amazon knock-offs sold on the consumer monolith's website."--Jacquie McNish, co-author of Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry

"Riveting, shocking, and full of revelations, The Everything War is the thrilling account of how Amazon redefined corporate power, and did so with a single minded focus on rolling over the competition in its pursuit for dominance. This one could be a classic."

--Bryan Burrough, co-author of Barbarians at the Gate and Forget the Alamo
"This is the most in-depth investigation ever written about Amazon [...] The testimonies and revelations will be used for what will likely be the biggest antitrust trial of the 21st Century."--Karlin Lillington, Irish Times Review