In the Shadow of the Prague Spring - Romania and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968 (Hardcover)

The Prague Spring was one of the most decisive moments in twentieth century European history. The efforts by Czechoslovak leaders in 1968 to create socialism with a human face, had great repercussions not only in that country, but throughout the Soviet bloc. This book presents a systematic analysis of the Romanian foreign policy in 1968, Romania's reaction towards the Prague Spring, its position at various international conferences of the communist and workers' parties, and the relation between Romania and COMECON. The book discusses in great detail the attitudes of the Romanian and Soviet governments during the political and diplomatic crisis in 1968 and analyzes the position assumed by Romania in August 1968.