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The '''Prague Spring'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Czech: ''Pražské jaro'', Slovak: ''Pražská jar''</ref> was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-backed<sup>[''source?'']</sup> attempted [[counterrevolution]] against the [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989)|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]] in 1968. It consisted of [[Liberalism|liberal]] reforms enacted by [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|KSČ]] General Secretary [[Alexander Dubček]], but Czech economist Ota Šik admitted that the goal was complete [[capitalism]]. It was defeated by a military intervention of the [[Warsaw Pact]] in August 1968. In the weeks before the Warsaw Pact intervention, over 10,000 [[Federal Republic of Germany|West Germans]] went to Prague.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Nikos Mottas|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=The 1968 Prague Spring — Counterrevolution as the “Trojan Horse” of Imperialism|date=2022-08-20|url=http://www.idcommunism.com/2022/08/the-1968-prague-spring-counterrevolution-as-the-trojan-horse-of-imperialism.html|retrieved=2022-08-20}}</ref>
The '''Prague Spring'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Czech: ''Pražské jaro'', Slovak: ''Pražská jar''</ref> was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-backed attempted [[counterrevolution]] against the [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989)|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]] in 1968. It consisted of [[Liberalism|liberal]] reforms enacted by [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|KSČ]] General Secretary [[Alexander Dubček]], but Czech economist Ota Šik admitted that the goal was complete [[capitalism]]. It was defeated by a military intervention of the [[Warsaw Pact]] in August 1968. In the weeks before the Warsaw Pact intervention, over 10,000 [[Federal Republic of Germany|West Germans]] went to Prague.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Nikos Mottas|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=The 1968 Prague Spring — Counterrevolution as the “Trojan Horse” of Imperialism|date=2022-08-20|url=http://www.idcommunism.com/2022/08/the-1968-prague-spring-counterrevolution-as-the-trojan-horse-of-imperialism.html|retrieved=2022-08-20}}</ref>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 23:42, 7 December 2022

The Prague Spring[a] was a CIA-backed attempted counterrevolution against the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in 1968. It consisted of liberal reforms enacted by KSČ General Secretary Alexander Dubček, but Czech economist Ota Šik admitted that the goal was complete capitalism. It was defeated by a military intervention of the Warsaw Pact in August 1968. In the weeks before the Warsaw Pact intervention, over 10,000 West Germans went to Prague.[1]

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  1. Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar

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