The Czechoslovakian Crisis 1968

• The Prague Spring

• A hardline Communist leader is replaced by more liberal Communist leader

• Dubcek
• The Soviets fail to react

• Emboldened he embarks on a new model of socialism

• it removed state controls over industry
• allowed freedom of speech.
• Encourage democratic Communism

• But

• Stressed that Czechslovakia would stay in the Warsaw Pact.

• 4 months passed