TITLE

The Contagion of Freedom

PUB. DATE

September 1968

SOURCE

America;9/7/1968, Vol. 119 Issue 6, p148

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the yearning for freedom in Czechoslovakia. It says that the invasion of Russian and Warsaw Pact troops over the borders of Czechoslovakia have caused fears among Czec's and that their longing for freedom are evident on their handwriting on the wall. The author argues that the Soviet Union have miscalculated when they expected the appearance of a quisling to take over in the country. It mentions that the Soviet action was condemned by Communist and non-Communist nations.

ACCESSION #

35956506

Tags: CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- History -- Intervention, 1968;  WARSAW Treaty Organization;  LIBERTY;  COMMUNISM

 

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