The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Title | The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | Günter Bischof |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 534 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780739143049 |
On August 20, 1968, tens of thousands of Soviet and East European ground and air forces moved into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country in an attempt to end the "Prague Spring" reforms and restore an orthodox Communist regime. The leader of the Soviet Communist Party, Leonid Brezhnev, was initially reluctant to use military force and tired to pressure his counterpart in Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubccaron;ek, to crack down. But during the summer of 1968, after several months of careful deliberations, the Soviet Politburo finally decided that military force was the only option left. A large invading force of Soviet, Polish, Hungarian and Bulgarian troops received final orders to move into Czechoslovakia; within twenty-four hours they had established complete military control of Czechoslovakia, bringing and end to hopes for "socialism with a human face."
The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968
Title | The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | M. Mark Stolarik |
Publisher | Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0865167516 |
Essays and comments presented at an international conference held at University of Ottawa, Oct. 9-10, 2008.
The Prague Spring 1968
Title | The Prague Spring 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | Jarom¡r Navr til |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 656 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9789639116153 |
"In addition to revealing the events surrounding the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, this is the first book to document a Cold War crisis from both sides of the Iron Curtain. It is based on unprecedented access to the previously closed archives of each member of the Warsaw Pact, as well as once highly classified American documents from the National Security Council, CIA, and other intelligence agencies." "Presented in a highly readable volume, the book offers top-level documents from Kremlin Politburo meetings, multilateral sessions of the Warsaw Pact leading up to the decision to invade, transcripts of KGB-recorded telephone conversations between Leonid Brezhnev and Alexander Dubcek." "To provide a historical and political context, the editors have prepared essays to introduce each section of the volume. A chronology, glossary and bibliography offer further background information for the reader." "The editors have a unique perspective to offer to foreign audiences since they are members of the commission appointed by Vaclav Havel to investigate the events of 1967-1970."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Eastern Europe in 1968
Title | Eastern Europe in 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin McDermott |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2018-05-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3319770691 |
This collection of thirteen essays examines reactions in Eastern Europe to the Prague Spring and Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Countries covered include the Soviet Union and specific Soviet republics (Ukraine, Moldavia, the Baltic States), together with two chapters on Czechoslovakia and one each on East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia and Albania. The individual contributions explain why most of these communist regimes opposed Alexander Dubček’s reforms and supported the Soviet-led military intervention in August 1968, and why some stood apart. They also explore public reactions in Eastern Europe to the events of 1968, including instances of popular opposition to the crushing of the Prague Spring, expressions of loyalty to Soviet-style socialism, and cases of indifference or uncertainty. Among the many complex legacies of the East European ‘1968’ was the development of new ways of thinking about regional identity, state borders, de-Stalinisation and the burdens of the past.
Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia, 1968
Title | Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia, 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | Jiri Valenta |
Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1991-11-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780801842979 |
In this new edition of his highly acclaimed work, Jiri Valenta adds his assessment of Soviet military decisionmaking in the 1980s to his earlier analysis of decisionmaking and crisis management in the Soviet bureaucracy and Warsaw Pact. Comparing the events of 1968 to the Kremlin's very different reaction to reforms now under way in Czechoslovakia and the rest of Eastern Europe, Valenta shows that Soviet politics were never simple. The USSR's foreign policy response to the "Prague Spring," he contends, was the result of a complex political process conditioned by bureaucratic inertia, coalition politics, and East European pressures.
The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Title | The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | Josef Pazderka |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2021-06-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781793602947 |
This collection of interviews, diaries, and scholarly analyses is the first comprehensive look at Russian sentiments in the wake of the Warsaw Pact occupation of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. It features the reflections of Russian soldiers, dissidents, and journalists.
Reform Rule in Czechoslovakia
Title | Reform Rule in Czechoslovakia PDF eBook |
Author | Galia Golan |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521085861 |
This book studies in detail the reform regime of Alexander Dubcek from the assumption of power in the Party by reform-minded communists in January 1968 until Gustav Husik replaced Dubcek as First Secretary. The reform regime survived only eight months of genuine rule but it persisted for a further eight months after the Soviet invasion in an agonizing struggle for survival. One of the most impressive but little-known developments in the era of reform rule was the attempt by the Czechoslovaks to perpetuate the 'Prague Spring', to salvage something of the programme for reform, and maintain public faith in the face of Soviet occupation. Dr Golan's book (a sequel to The Czechoslovak Reform Movement, Cambridge 1971) examines the nature and effects of reform rule in nearly every area of society: the economy, the trade unions and social organizations, national and religious minorities, the cultural world, the Party, government, the legal and security systems, Slovakia, and the field of foreign Policy.