The Brezhnev Doctrine

Question 1

What did the Soviets do to make Czechoslovakia look bad ?

Answer 1

Used propaganda to make Czechoslovakia appear to be a serious threat to the Soviet Union

Question 2

When and who introduced the Brezhnev Doctrine ?

Answer 2

Autumn of 1968
Leonid Brezhnev

Question 3

Why was the Brezhnev doctrine introduced ?

Answer 3

To justify the soviet invasion
- the Soviet Union now had the right to invade any country in Easter Europe whose actions appeared threatening to the security of the whole eastern bloc

Question 4

What did the Brezhnev doctrine do to communism?

Answer 4

Redefined communism as a one party system and dictated that all member countries must remain in the Warsaw pact

Question 5

What did the invasion itself do?

Answer 5

Sent out the message that the Soviet Union would suppress any attempt to relax communist control

Brezhnev also stated that if a capatalist country threatened any communist country other communist countries had the right to intervene by forces