give a narrative account of the Prague spring
-end of WW2 soviets established a pro soviet government in czechoslovakia under Klement Gottwald
-government purges 1949-1954
-student demonstrations in 1966
-1968 Alexander Dubcek became leader
-he offered reforms like relaxed censorship, increased trade with West
-soviet leader Brezhnev ordered Warsaw troops into czechoslovakia
-Dubcek invited Ceausescu of Romania and Tito of Yugolslavia to Prague
-Brezhnev ordered invasion
-20 August 1968 500,000 Warsaw troops invaded and ended Prague spring
-Dubcek told people not to fight back
-Dubcek arrested and sent to Moscow
