Want a blueprint of how to solve national and global crisis? Do we need one for solving our global climate crisis? Read “Year 2000.”

While controversies over the reality of climate crisis swirls around our national leaders, there was near universal agreement in Washington 25 years ago. The issue was Y2K, the millennium computer software date crisis (two-digit-year date fields having an issue with “00” when 01/01/2000 arrived) might well serve as a contemporary roadmap for our current government turmoil.

Now imagine twenty-five years ago our U.S. Congress compromising; our president signing the compromise against the interests of his largest donor base. “Year 2000 - The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever” describes such a Washington scenario.

Nancy James has written a book describing how the very real Y2K crisis was averted. Her just published book describes how Y2K unfolded; how it was discovered, analyzed and corrected; how cooperation on every level succeeded. Along with this saga are the amusing mistakes, gaffs, near misses and a little-known potential national threat. This past 25-year historic perspective offers understanding of how a nation united to solve a universal challenge. It offers a blueprint for cooperative success!