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The Politics of Reform: Prague Spring and the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
From: University of Michigan
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 n order to curb the new reform movement known as the Prague Spring, on August 21, 1968, troops from the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries invaded and occupied Czechoslovakia. The invasion marked the beginning of the end of the reformer Alexander Dubcek's brief term as Communist Party secretary and the start of the decades-long reign of Gustav Husak, which strengthened state economic and social control and reversed the reforms of the Prague Spring. |
The narrative of the site, created by a graduate student in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, interweaves a chronology of the events in Czechoslovakia during 1968-9 with images of political cartoons, propaganda leaflets, resistance materials, and newspaper and magazine articles and covers. In addition to the narrative, there are translations of the text in each image and explanations of cultural and political references that help place the primary sources in context. |
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