Thomas Friedman Bücher

Ausgehend von persönlichen Eindrücken analysiert der langjährige Beirut- und Jerusalem-Korrespondent der äNew York Timesä laienverständlich die Nahost-Problematik.

Intelligente Mülleimer, Kühe mit Schrittzählern, selbstfahrende Autos: Einst Fiktion, heute Fakt. Noch dazu Symptome größerer Umwälzungen, die alle Lebensbereiche betreffen und sich im Tempo geradezu überschlagen. Wer soll sich da noch auskennen ... New York Times-Kolumnist Thomas L. Friedman weiß Rat: In seinem neuen Buch erklärt er die jüngsten Entwicklungen in Technologie, Gesellschaft und Umwelt und zeigt, dass auch in einer zunehmend komplexen Welt Anlass zu Optimismus besteht. Statt abzuschalten, lädt Friedman zu einem Moment des Innehaltens ein. Sein Credo: Wir müssen rasten und reflektieren statt rosten und resignieren.

In seinem Weltbestseller Die Welt ist flach zeigt Thomas Friedman die positiven und produktiven Folgen der Globalisierung. In seinem neuen Buch diagnostiziert Friedman die äußerst gefährlichen Folgen dieser Entwicklung: Die globale Erwärmung und das gewaltige Wachstum der Erdbevölkerung haben die gesamte Menschheit in ein neues Zeitalter versetzt, in das »Zeitalter der Energie und des Klimas«. Dieses wird dominiert von Konflikten, deren Lösung für das Überleben der Menschen entscheidend ist. Im Gefolge der wachsenden Nachfrage nach immer knapperen Energie- und Rohstoffvorräten können kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen alltäglich werden; vernichtet der verheerende Klimawandel die Überlebensbedingungen großer Bevölkerungsgruppen, sind als Konsequenz einer neuen Armutskluft zwischen Energiebesitzern und Energiehabenichtsen riesige Migrationsströme unausweichlich. Angesichts einer solchen Weltlage der höchsten Alarmstufe entwickelt Thomas Friedman eine Agenda für das 21. Jahrhundert: An die erste Stelle der anzupackenden Aufgaben setzt er die Notwendigkeit einer weltweiten grünen Revolution. Die innovativen Instrumente, die das drohende katastrophische neue Zeitalter verhindern können, sowie die notwendigen Formen der Zusammenarbeit im Gefolge dieser Revolution entfaltet Thomas Friedman detailliert, anregend und aufrüttelnd in seinem radikal eingreifenden Buch über und für eine neue Epoche.

When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter Y2K to March 2004 , what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology 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, giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalisation? And with this flattening' of the globe, which requires us to run faster in order to stay in one place, has the world got too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner?In this brilliant new book, the award-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman demystifies the brave new world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the 21st century; what it means to countries, companies, communities and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt.

Inhaltsubersicht: Eroffnungsszene: Die Welt ist zehn Jahre alt, 1. Das System sehen, 2. Sich an das System anschliessen, 3. Widerstand gegen das System, 4. Amerika und das System, Dansagung, Register

As spectacular and moving as Bar-Am's photos are, Thomas L. Friedman's compelling essay provides an anchor in the form of an eloquent reflection on the unfolding of the first fifty years. Israel's contributions to politics and culture, to religion and commerce, have made a tremendous mark on the world, and these issues Friedman addresses with the perception of an outsider who has spent almost a quarter of his life in the area. While Bar-Am's photos show us the events that have shaped Israel's path, Friedman's essay explores the implications of Israel's first fifty years and the nation's powerful struggle between its past and its future.

America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In What's Wrong with America?, Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum analyze those challenges - globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption - and spell out what needs to be done now to rediscover America's power and prowess. They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues seriously. They show how America's history, when properly understood, provides the key to coping successfully and explain how the paralysis of the US political system and the erosion of key American values have made it impossible to carry out the policies the country needs. What's Wrong with America? is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.

Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011.

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author of From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree comes this smart, penetrating, brilliantly informed book that is indispensable for understanding today’s radically new world and America’s complex place in it. Thomas L. Freidman received his third Pulitzer Prize in 2002 “for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat.” In Longitudes and Attitudes he gives us all of the columns he has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his post–September 11 travels. Updated for this new paperback edition, with over two years’ worth of Friedman’s columns and an expanded version of his diary, Longitudes and Attitudes is a broadly influential work from our most trusted observer of the international scene.