Prague Spring (jan 15, 1968 – aug 21, 1968)

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- Jan '68, Dubcek came to power in Czechoslovakia
- began the period of 'Prague Spring' (period of liberalisation)
- made clear wouldn't leave the Warsaw Pact, but Brezhnev still thought they had gone too far
- when Warsaw Pact troops invaded in August, the West refused to intervene
- viewed as a stumbling block in detente

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