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The World Is Flat, Release 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L Friedman (CD-Audio, 2007)

When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from w, what will they say was the most crucial development in the first few years of the twenty-first century? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of techlogy and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations? And with this flattening of the globe, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner?

Running Time
540
Author Biography
Thomas L. Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem, winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, and Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his family.
Contained Items Statement
7 Audio Cds
Date of Publication
24/07/2007
Edition Statement
3rd Abridged Edition
Country of Publication
United States

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