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Lessons Learned from the 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Author : Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Staff
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781481818230
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Lessons Learned from the 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia written by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Staff and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-12-23 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Czechoslovak crisis, as it became known, started in January 1968, when Alexander Dubcek was elevated to the post of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPCz), replacing moribund Antonin Novotny, who had served as First Secretary since 1957. Under Dubcek, the communist leadership embarked on a program of dramatic liberalization of the Czechoslovak political, economic, and social order, including the overhaul of the CPCz leadership, increased freedom of speech, surrender of authority to the Czech National Assembly by the Communist Party, real elections at local and national levels, and even the suggestion of legalizing non-communist political parties. All this alarmed Moscow and the leadership of the Warsaw Pact, but throughout the Prague Spring, Dubcek went out of his way to demonstrate his personal loyalty to Moscow and Prague's intention to remain firmly within the Warsaw Pact military alliance. How sincere he was in these remonstrations is difficult to say, but Dubcek and his allies clearly feared a repetition of the Hungarian uprising of 1956, brutally crushed by Soviet troops. These fears were mirrored in Washington and, to a certain extent, even in Moscow. The crisis lasted more than a year, with the first none months consisting of Czech reforms triggering Soviet statements of concern and eventually threats, buttressed by Warsaw Pact military buildups disguised as exercises. When the invasion occurred in the early morning hours of 21 August, the Czechoslovak leadership as not immediately removed, but remained largely intact through April 1969, when Dubcek was finally replaced as First Secretary by a more pro-Soviet Gustav Husak.

Strategic Warning & the Role of Intelligence

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Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Strategic Warning & the Role of Intelligence written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strategic Warning & the Role of Intelligence

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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Strategic Warning & the Role of Intelligence written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968

Author : Günter Bischof
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780739143049
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 written by Günter Bischof and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : M. Mark Stolarik
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865167516
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968 written by M. Mark Stolarik and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays and comments presented at an international conference held at University of Ottawa, Oct. 9-10, 2008.

The Logic of "normalization"

Author : Fred H. Eidlin
Publisher : Fred Eidlin
ISBN 13 : 9780914710684
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Logic of "normalization" written by Fred H. Eidlin and published by Fred Eidlin. This book was released on 1980 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a valuable addition to the literature related to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. The author focusses his analysis on the facotrs that determined the post-invasion "normalization" primarily in terms of the Czechoslovak response to the invasion which imparted a specific character to the aftermath of the action of the Warsaw Pact.

Czechoslovakia : 1968

Author : Sam Marcy
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Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Czechoslovakia : 1968 written by Sam Marcy and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Eastern Europe in 1968

Author : Kevin McDermott
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ISBN 13 : 9783319770703
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Eastern Europe in 1968 written by Kevin McDermott and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Jiri Valenta
Publisher : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia, 1968 written by Jiri Valenta and published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Prague Spring 1968

Author : Jarom¡r Navr til
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789639116153
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Prague Spring 1968 written by Jarom¡r Navr til and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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

The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968

Author : Josef Pazderka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781793602947
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 written by Josef Pazderka and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Spain’s revolution against Franco: The great betrayal

Author : Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 625 pages
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Download or read book Spain’s revolution against Franco: The great betrayal written by Alan Woods and published by Wellred Books. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Spanish revolution of the 1930s is quite well known to most people on the left, but there is a surprising level of ignorance concerning the events that occurred subsequently. History did not cease with the victory of Franco in 1939. And the story of how the Franco dictatorship was eventually brought down by the revolutionary movement of the Spanish workers is an inspiring one. Under the most difficult and dangerous conditions, Spanish workers launched a strike wave, which, in its intensity and duration, has no parallel anywhere. There was nothing remotely like this in Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy or Salazar’s Portugal. This was a genuine revolution, which could and should have gone far further than it did. If it did not finally succeed, that was no fault of the working class. The Spanish revolution of the 1970s was shamefully betrayed by the leaders of the communist and socialist parties, who entered into an agreement with former fascists in order halt the movement in its tracks. Alan Woods participated personally in the last phase of this struggle and was a witness to some of its most decisive moments. Using a wealth of documentary material from the time and also new interviews with key participants in the events, he tears away the thick veil of lies, myths and half-truths to reveal what actually occurred. With new struggles and challenges on the order of the day in Spain and the rest of the world, it is the duty of all conscious workers and revolutionary youth to study the lessons of the past as a necessary precondition for victory in the future. This book is an important contribution to a necessary learning process and is obligatory reading for anyone who is interested in the struggle for socialism today.

Export Controls

Author : Bert Chapman
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 076186234X
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Export Controls written by Bert Chapman and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International trade plays an enormous role in economic growth and prosperity. This activity can also be used to transfer military equipment, knowledge, and technology to hostile governments and transnational terrorist and criminal organizations seeking to attack and destroy their enemies. The U.S. and other countries have used economic sanctions such as export controls to try to restrict and eliminate the transfer of weapons and financial assets to these governments and organizations. This work examines how the U.S. has attempted to restrict the export of national security sensitive equipment, finance, knowledge, and technology since World War II with varying degrees of success and failure. It also examines how multiple U.S. Government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and international government organizations seek to influence U.S. international trade, foreign, and security policies while concluding that some export controls are essential for promoting and defending U.S. national security interests.

Baptism by Fire

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Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Baptism by Fire written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lifting the Fog

Author : Bob de Graaff
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538176246
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Lifting the Fog written by Bob de Graaff and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lifting the Fog: The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022) is unique as a general body of knowledge about the history of the Dutch intelligence and security services since 1913. The chapters alternate between a general historical overview and a number of case studies spread out over the more-than-a-century long history that taken together give a good insight into the main functions of a middle-size military intelligence service as The Netherlands has known. The MIVD is giving the author access to the archives of the MIVD and its predecessors, which normally are closed to outsiders.

Empire of Friends

Author : Rachel Applebaum
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501735586
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Empire of Friends written by Rachel Applebaum and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The familiar story of Soviet power in Cold War Eastern Europe focuses on political repression and military force. But in Empire of Friends, Rachel Applebaum shows how the Soviet Union simultaneously promoted a policy of transnational friendship with its Eastern Bloc satellites to create a cohesive socialist world. This friendship project resulted in a new type of imperial control based on cross-border contacts between ordinary citizens. In a new and fascinating story of cultural diplomacy, interpersonal relations, and the trade of consumer-goods, Applebaum tracks the rise and fall of the friendship project in Czechoslovakia, as the country evolved after World War II from the Soviet Union's most loyal satellite to its most rebellious. Throughout Eastern Europe, the friendship project shaped the most intimate aspects of people's lives, influencing everything from what they wore to where they traveled to whom they married. Applebaum argues that in Czechoslovakia, socialist friendship was surprisingly durable, capable of surviving the ravages of Stalinism and the Soviet invasion that crushed the 1968 Prague Spring. Eventually, the project became so successful that it undermined the very alliance it was designed to support: as Soviets and Czechoslovaks got to know one another, they discovered important cultural and political differences that contradicted propaganda about a cohesive socialist world. Empire of Friends reveals that the sphere of everyday life was central to the construction of the transnational socialist system in Eastern Europe—and, ultimately, its collapse.

Geopolitics

Author : Bert Chapman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Geopolitics written by Bert Chapman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise introduction to the growth and evolution of geopolitics as a discipline includes biographical information on its leading historical and contemporary practitioners and detailed analysis of its literature. An important book on a topic that has been neglected for too long, Geopolitics: A Guide to the Issues will provide readers with an enhanced understanding of how geography influences personal, national, and international economics, politics, and security. The work begins with the history of geopolitics from the late 19th century to the present, then discusses the intellectual renaissance the discipline is experiencing today due to the prevalence of international security threats involving territorial, airborne, space-based, and waterborne possession and acquisition. The book emphasizes current and emerging international geopolitical trends, examining how the U.S. and other countries, including Australia, Brazil, China, India, and Russia, are integrating geopolitics into national security planning. It profiles international geopolitical scholars and their work, and it analyzes emerging academic, military, and governmental literature, including "gray" literature and social networking technologies, such as blogs and Twitter.