This book takes stock of the major events that occurred during the first decade of the twenty-first century: “breaking down the decade’s most significant events year by year, from the 2000 presidential election recount to the rise of globalization to the advent of Twitter…” From the dot.com bust, WMDs, the Surge, the Maverick to the Audacity of Hope, the major stories of the period are examined.  The epilogue states that “…our constant flow of information from the media makes every crisis seem all the more dramatic.” One of our English teachers looked through this book and said that excerpts from it would be great to use for lessons in reading informational text. That in itself makes it a useful addition to the library.