In 1968 Soviet soldiers brutally crushed a democratic uprising in the Czechoslovakian capital Prague. According to recently emerged files, seen by SPIEGEL, Brezhnev actually hesitated a long time before sending in the tanks. Many died when Soviet moved into Prague in August 1968. Leonid Brezhnev headed to State Dacha Number 1 in Yalta, on the Crimean peninsula, just as he did every summer. It was August 13, 1968, and the Soviet leader was faced with a decision. Should he send tanks and soldiers to Czechoslovakia, because the comrades there were acting up, or should he give them one more chance? The Communist Party in Prague had declared "democratic socialism" in the spring, upsetting the leaders of the other Warsaw Pact nations. Hard liners in Moscow were pushing for a military strike against the renegade reformers. But according to newly discovered documents, Brezhnev hesitated for a long time before finally ordering in troops on the night of August 21. The decision-making process that led to the invasion can be reconstructed through documents SPIEGEL has recently gained access to. The documents are being published this week in a two-volume book by an international team of historians.
In 1968 Soviet soldiers brutally crushed a democratic uprising in the Czechoslovakian capital Prague. According to recently emerged files, seen by SPIEGEL, Brezhnev actually hesitated a long time before sending in the tanks.
Many died when Soviet moved into Prague in August 1968. Leonid Brezhnev headed to State Dacha Number 1 in Yalta, on the Crimean peninsula, just as he did every summer. It was August 13, 1968, and the Soviet leader was faced with a decision. Should he send tanks and soldiers to Czechoslovakia, because the comrades there were acting up, or should he give them one more chance?
The Communist Party in Prague had declared "democratic socialism" in the spring, upsetting the leaders of the other Warsaw Pact nations. Hard liners in Moscow were pushing for a military strike against the renegade reformers. But according to newly discovered documents, Brezhnev hesitated for a long time before finally ordering in troops on the night of August 21.
The decision-making process that led to the invasion can be reconstructed through documents SPIEGEL has recently gained access to. The documents are being published this week in a two-volume book by an international team of historians.
Stanislav Grof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
July 1, 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of altered states of consciousness for purposes of healing, growth, and insight. Grof received the VISION 97 award granted by the Foundation of Dagmar and Vaclav Havel in Prague on October 5, 2007.
Was also referring to the stories we were told among the Leary circle that Dubcek was a head. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
