This volume describes the transitions of Eastern European countries towards democracy (although a few readers might question the democratic status of some of the developments described, for instance, in relation to the so-called color revolutions of the 2000s) from the perspective of The New York Times It collects articles from the newspaper on the 1989 transitions of Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the Baltic Republics; as well as on the fall of Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, Georgia's "Rose Revolution" of 2003, and Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" of 2004-2005. The volume supplements the articles with narrative overviews by King (peace and conflict studies, U. for Peace, an affiliate the United Nations), as well as biographical portraits of key figures, "quick facts" lists, and other materials. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)