An eye-opening history evoking the disruptive first decade of the twenty-first
century in America. Dubya. The 9/11 terrorist attacks. Enron and WorldCom. The
Iraq War. Hurricane Katrina. The disruptive nature of the internet. An anxious
aging population redefining retirement. The gay community demanding full civil
rights. A society becoming ever more brown. The housing bubble and the Great
Recession. The historic election of Barack Obama--and the angry Tea Party
reaction.
The United States experienced a turbulent first decade of the 21st century,
tumultuous years of economic crises, social and technological change, and war.
This lost decade (2000-2010) was bookended by two financial crises: the dot-com
meltdown, followed by