The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Author(s): Thomas Friedman

Current Affairs & Politics

A powerful and accessible account of globalization -- the new world order that has replaced the cold war -- by the award-winning author of From Beirut to Jerusalem. More than anything else, globalization is shaping world affairs today. We cannot interpret the day's news, or know where to invest our money, unless we understand this new system -- the defining force in international relations and domestic policies worldwide. The unprecedented integration of finance, markets, nation states and technology is driving change accross the globe at an ever-increasing speed. And while much of the world is intent on building a better Lexus, on streamlining their societies and economies for the global marketplace, many people feel their traditional identities threatened and are reverting to elemental struggles over who owns which olive tree, which strip of land. Thomas Friedman has a unique vantage point on this worldwide phenomenon.

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'Friedman provides an excellent bird's-eye view of globalization' Financial Times

THOMAS FRIEDMAN was born in Minneapolis in 1943. He completed his post-graduate Middle-Eastern Studies at St Antony's College, Oxford, before becoming a journalist. From 1979 to 1981, he was UPI's Beirut correspondent. In 1982, he became the New York Times' Beirut bureau chief, moving south to Jerusalem in 1984 to become bureau chief there. In January 1989, he became the New York Times' chief diplomatic correspondent in Washington, where he now lives with his wife and two daughters. Friedman has twice won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from the Middle East.

General Fields

  • : 9780006551393
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • : 0.336
  • : April 2000
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Thomas Friedman
  • : Paperback
  • : Rev. e
  • : en
  • : 306.342
  • : 512