Thunder from the East

An insightful and comprehensive look at Asia on the rise—a "masterful job of describing Asia's anguish and ambition" ( The Washington Post Book World ) — f rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists and bestselling authors of Half a Sky and Tightrope The 1997 economic crisss in Asia heaped devastation upon millions. Yet Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn argue that it was the best thing that could have happened to Asia. It destroyed the cronyism, protectionism, and government regulation that had