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

The Everything War: Amazon’s Relentless Pursuit of Total Domination

A Most Anticipated Book – Foreign Policy, Globe and Mail, Next Big Idea Club
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

"Riveting, shocking, and full of revelations." – Bryan Burrough
"Will stand as a classic." – Christopher Leonard

From veteran Wall Street Journal Amazon reporter Dana Mattioli comes The Everything War, the first deep dive into the company’s unchecked rise to power—exposing its ruthless strategies, monopolistic ambitions, and the seismic impact it has had on business, competition, and the global economy.

For decades, Amazon expanded with little scrutiny, hailed as an innovator while quietly embedding itself in nearly every industry—retail, logistics, media, cloud computing, and beyond. But in 2017, Lina Khan published a groundbreaking paper likening Amazon to a modern-day Standard Oil, arguing that its dominance posed an unprecedented antitrust challenge. In just a few years, Khan would become chair of the FTC, and in 2023, the agency launched a historic monopoly lawsuit against Amazon—one of the most significant antitrust cases of the 21st century.

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Amazon executives, competitors, and small business owners dependent on its marketplace, Mattioli uncovers how the company leveraged cutthroat tactics to crush rivals, manipulate data, exploit partners, avoid taxes, and rewrite the rules of capitalism. From its private-label schemes that undercut third-party sellers to its AWS dominance that locks in government agencies and corporations, Amazon’s playbook has always been win at any cost. Unlike traditional monopolies that control a single industry, Amazon has mastered several—by design.

The Everything War is the definitive account of how Amazon became one of the most powerful and feared corporations in history—and why its reckoning has only just begun.