num_pages: 320
description: An Eastern European correspondent for Newsweek takes a unique look at individuals in Poland, Hungary, and former Czechoslovakia as they grapple with issues of change as totalitarian rule is pushed aside for freedom and democracy.
language: English
title: Birth of Freedom: Shaping Lives and Societies in the New Eastern Europe
titlecomplete: Birth of Freedom: Shaping Lives and Societies in the New Eastern Europe
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Simon & Schuster