FROM THE PUBLISHER
When future scholars write the history of the world and come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004," what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and many other countries to become part of the global supply chain, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations? With his inimitable ability to translate foreign policy and economic issues, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman demystifies this brave new world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes.