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Updated February 25, 2017. The Brezhnev Doctrine was a Soviet foreign policy outlined in 1968 which called for the use of Warsaw Pact (but Russian-dominated) troops to intervene in any Eastern Bloc nation which was seen to compromise communist rule and Soviet domination.
Using the Brezhnev Doctrine as legitimate justification for military force, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact members invaded Czechoslovakia in August of 1968 and re-established strict Communist rule (Galegroup.com).Soviet troops were stationed in Czechoslovakia, and Dubcekâs reforms were gradually withdrawn.hina did not agree at all with the Sovietâs invasion of Czechoslovakia. It also feared a serious threat from Moscow. After the initiation of several defense measures in China under Lin Biao and a Chinese attack on the Soviets on Damansky Island; Brezhnev began militarizing the borders (Ouimet).