10 Years That Shook the World

From 9/11 to the launch of the iPod, from the creation of 'Gmail' to the 2004 tsunami, from the Enron bankruptcy to the killing of Osama bin Laden, 10 Years That Shook the World is the story of an extraordinary decade. Loretta Napoleoni presents world events not as a chronology but as dispatches from the world's collective memory in 'tweets' of 140 characters long, as each year from 2001 to 2011 is recounted in individual chapters. Topics like world events, politics, economics, celebrities, and the environment intersect and converge to reveal the accelerating pace of globalisation and the changes that have affected us all throughout 'the noughties'. More than just a timeline, 10 Years That Shook the World will evoke powerful memories and start lively conversations about globilisation and the way that world events of the last ten years have shaped who you are today.