We say that necessity is the mother of invention, and no country has more of a necessity to develop clean power than China.

From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989; expanded edition 1990) — winner of the National Book Award in its first edition
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (1999; revised edition 2000)
Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 (2002; reprinted 2003 as Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism)
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of The Twenty-first Century (2005; expanded edition 2006; revised edition 2007)
Hot Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America (2008)
That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back (Co-written with Michael Mandelbaum 2011)


Documentaries
Friedman has hosted several documentaries for the Discovery Channel from several locations around the world. Biography
Thomas Friedman was born in St. In Green: The New Red White and Blue (2007) Friedman elaborates on the green technologies and efforts touched on in Addicted to Oil and in doing so attempts to redefine green energy as geostrategic geoeconomic capitalistic and patriotic.

He has written extensively on foreign affairs including global trade the Middle East globalization and environmental issues and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times. He writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. Thomas Lauren Friedman (born July 20 1953) is an American journalist columnist and author.