prague spring

Suppose that the higher ups in the USSR decide against invading Czechoslovakia for whatever reason, and so Alexander Dubcek stays in power and continues to carry on with his reformist agenda. How would a more democratic Czechoslovakia affect political developments in the East Bloc, and how would...

Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet delegation in attendance of the bilateral talks with the Czechoslovakian representatives from the 29th of July to 1st of August comes to an agreement with the Czechs that he will not interfere with nor try to stop the reforms of Alexander Dubček and the reformist...

Suppose that the USSR, rather than exposing and condemning Stalin's monstrous deeds wholesale, instead only undoes the worst parts of the terror (shutting down the gulags, for example) and shifts most of the blame to someone else (such as Beria) while the late dictator gets the Mao treatment...

Prologue 1953: After putting down revolts in East Germany, the Politburo decides to replace leadership of East Germany for more "moderate" one. They chose faction of the communist party led by former social democrat Otto Grotewohl, but since the soviet politbure opt for collective leadership...

What if Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia managed to spread to other Warsaw Pact nations? How could've the mass protests managed to get more support in other countries thus making it harder for Soviets to put it down? And what happens once it's impossible to invade Czechoslovakia since the Warsaw...

What would be the consequences of the West intervening on the side of the democratic (or democratic socialist) forces of Imre Nagy in 1956 and/or of Alexander Dubček in 1968? I don't think this would inevitably cause World War III. Also, why did the West not intervene in OTL at all and let...