The Decision to Intervene. A Comparison of Soviet Interventions from 1953 to 1980

Abstract

This paper explores five moments of crisis for the Soviet Union since the end of the Second World War. It is a comparison of the East German uprising in 1953, the Polish and Hungarian crises of 1956, the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968, and the Afghanistan intervention of 1979, to determine how much deviation and how much democratization from what the Soviets consider the norm is tolerated by the Soviets before they will intervene militarily. Additionally this paper analyzes possible factors that the Soviet Union considers in making the decision whether to intervene.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA098466

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People

  • Lyman B. Kirkpatrick Iii

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Construction
  • East Germany
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies