Book Review: The Lexus And The Olive Tree
If you want to understand the post-Cold War world, you have to start by understanding the new system that has succeeded it --- globalization. That is the premise of the book The Lexus and the Olive Tree by the New York Times foregin affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman.
The book is divided into three parts. Part One, "Seeing the System" explains the system of globalization and how much it differs from the system that preceeded it---Cold War. He explains that the driving force behind globalization is free market capitalism. …
