Key events in the history of Post-Cold War Europe are told in long essays--mostly from the New York Review of Books---on such topics as the realignment of the old countries of Western Europe and the breakdown into warfare in Eastern Europe; considerations of Thatcher, Havel, and John Paul II; travels to ruined lands; and portraits of everyday people. A New York times Notable Book for 2000. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.