SHOTS HEARD ROUND THE WORLD is a new history of the American people, focusing on developments overseas and at home during the war years, from the French-Indian Wars to today's War on Terrorism. The history is centered in Boston, "the cradle of liberty, " and connects Savin Hill, Beacon Hill, Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights with Brooklyn Heights, Yorktown, Plattsburg, Vicksburg, Santa Fe, the Little Bighorn River, San Juan Hill, Belleau Wood, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Saipan, Normandy, Tokyo, Inchon, Khe Sahn, Kuwait, London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Moscow and Beijing. The closing chapter's heading, "The Triumph of Multi-Ethnic America", encapsulates the book's theme.