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GCSE History · key term
The Soviet policy asserting a right to intervene in communist countries if communist rule was threatened.
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Paper 1
The Soviet policy announced in 1968 claiming a right to intervene where communist rule was threatened, limiting the independence of communist states.
Revise: CzechoslovakiaAfter the invasion, the USSR justified intervention through the Brezhnev Doctrine, announced in autumn 1968. It claimed that Moscow had the right to intervene when communist rule was threatened.
Paper 2
The policy that the USSR could intervene in a communist country if developments there threatened communist rule or the security of the Soviet bloc.
Revise: CrisesBrezhnev justified intervention as necessary to protect communism and the Warsaw Pact. This became known as the Brezhnev Doctrine: the USSR claimed the right to intervene when developments in a communist country threatened the wider Soviet bloc.
The Soviet policy announced in 1968 that communist countries could face intervention if their actions threatened communist rule or the interests of the socialist bloc.
Separate the invasion in August 1968 from the Brezhnev Doctrine announced afterwards: the doctrine justified intervention and warned other communist states.
For the Brezhnev Doctrine, distinguish the Soviet justification of protecting communism from its practical effect of restricting satellite states’ independence.
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