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A Life of Contrasts
J. Lee Simons
From her auspicious birth in the U.S. to her recently published book, Europe Undivided: Democracy, Leverage, & Integration After Communism, Milada Vachudova has led a life of contrasts.
In 1967 Czechoslovakia, there had been a softening politically.
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Vachudova’s parents had convinced the authorities to let them travel outside the country for a year. “They convinced a ship captain to take them and my brother with their little car to Canada and that’s how they came over,” she said.
“Their plan was to camp for a year and see the United States, leave the car, and fly home. They had absolutely no intention of staying here, but halfway through the trip, while they were camping in Big Bend National Park in Texas, they heard the news about the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.”
The period became known as “Prague Spring.” Alexander Dubcek, first secretary of the Communist Party, had started reforms that included freedom of speech and freedom of