INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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the brezhnev doctrine at liberalization democratization in 1968
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escalatedproxy wars this caused questioning with to prevail still
to a new heightand THE PRAGUE SPRING
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and then Antonin Novotny whose regime was characterized
by corruptionand stagnation tensionamong PCs
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beralizing policies
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n Czechoslovakia
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he reforms
Pcs went further ending press censorship planning
to open borders with the west trade agreements with
west germany whilst insisting that they were a loyal
member of the socialist order implement liberalization within
the marxist cenninist framework
Warsaw countries hoped to intimidate through 75k
on the barters of czech

CZECH SLOVAKIAN SLOW

SEPERATION OR CHANGE FROM

PRIOR IDEALS
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and poland concerns on reforms in Czech
Warsaw letter Czech right to internal
affirmed
self determination Challenges to socialism within one conn
were a threat to the entire socialist movement
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ubeek to repeal the groups tuned revolutionary
reforms but he
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continued on the
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WARSAW DACT INVASION OF CZECHSLOVAKI
Andrei Grechko defence minister Soviet intervention but

t t Sovietsbased it on geographical political and social vulnerability

repeat of hungary
Duleekstated Invasion was a violation of socialist
o they requested
international law and united nations charter
support from Bulgaria principles
then
arrested and forced to sign a document agreeingto
tungary Roland and treat in 1968 reforms
EFFECTS OF THE INVASIONS
east germany
Nato or affijiigsmitchthin couldnt do anything
within communistworld protests china romania yugoslavia
Revolution givenway to traditional bureaucrats who sought
to preserve a status quo that havefitted them
officers lied to the red army army didnt want to oppose
the each people

SOVIETS WERE DISPLEASED

WITH CZECH LIBERALIZATION
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y
Dubcek remained in power until April 1969
tusak barely kept gustav hasak remained until collapse of
economic band P communism in 1989 red army stayed until 1990
BREZHNEV DOCTORINE
Prague spring resultant soviet invasion articulation of
the brezhnev doctrine Nov 1968 beep communist regime's
cementing siro so iet split midst of cultural revolution
1979 view on buehner doctrine reversed by his

SLOW SWITCH IN POWER

AND DOWNFALL