麥當勞的這個祕密,大多數人還不知道大綱
the drive for prosperity and development, symbolized by the Lexus LS, and the desire to retain identity and traditions, symbolized by the olive tree.
一種是對繁榮與發展的渴望，凌志車就是這種趨勢的符號；另一種是保留自我身份和傳統的慾望，它的符號就是橄欖樹。No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's
任何兩個有麥當勞的國家之間，都不會打仗，因爲他們都有麥當勞了。when a country has reached an economic development where it has a middle class strong enough to support a McDonald's network, it would become a "McDonald's country", and will not be interested in fighting wars anymore.
當一個國家的經濟發展到擁有足夠多的中產階級來支撐麥當勞這種業態的時候，它就變成了一個“麥當勞國家”，於是就不會再對打仗感興趣了。
But shortly after the book was published, NATO bombed Yugoslavia. On the first day of the bombing, McDonald's restaurants in Belgrade were demolished by the Serbian people and were rebuilt only after the bombing ended. In the 2000 edition of the book, Friedman argued that this exception proved the rule: the war ended quickly, he argued, partly because the Serbian population did not want to lose their place in a global system "symbolised by McDonald's".
這本書出版之後不久，北約就炸了南斯拉夫。在轟炸的第一天，麥當勞位於貝爾格萊德的餐廳就被塞爾維亞人給搗毀了，直到轟炸結束後纔開始重建。不過在2000年的新版書中，弗裏德曼聲辯到，這個事件恰好證明了他的理論：因爲這場戰爭結束得非常快，其中一部分的原因就是塞爾維亞人不想失去他們在全球系統中的參與權，而這種參與權的象徵就是麥當勞。The 1989 United States invasion of Panama
1989年，美國入侵了巴拿馬。In 1999, India and Pakistan fought a war over Kashmir, known as the Kargil War.
1999年，印度和巴基斯坦因爲克什米爾地區打了一仗，這場戰爭現在被稱爲卡吉爾戰爭。The 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, following hostilities ongoing since 1973, with South Lebanon occupied until May 2000.
2006年，以色列和黎巴嫩打了一仗；他們雙方的敵意從1973年開始就有了，而黎巴嫩南部一直到2000年5月都處於被佔領狀態。The 2008 South Ossetia war between Russia and Georgia.
2008年，俄羅斯和格魯吉亞之間打了南奧塞梯戰爭。The 2014 Crimean crisis between Russia and Ukraine.
2014年，俄羅斯和烏克蘭之間還爆發了克里米亞危機。
