The Inside Story of WaMu - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History
June 20, 2012 at 10:07 AM EDT
During the frenzied days of September 2008, as the U.S. financial system teetered on the brink of collapse, the government chose winners and losers. Washington Mutual, the country's largest savings and loan bank, fell into the latter camp. The author of "The Lost Bank" has the story of the biggest bank failure in American history.