The Czechoslovak crisis of 1968 in the context of Soviet geopolitics / Mikhail V. Latysh -- Reconsidering the Soviet role in the invasion of Czechoslovakia : a commentary / Matthew J. Ouimet -- The "Prague Spring" and the Warsaw Pact invasion as seen from Prague / Jan Rychlík -- The "Prague Spring" revisited / Michael Kraus -- August 1968 as seen from Bratislava / Slavomír Michálek, Stanislav Sikora -- Commentary on August 1968 as seen from Bratislava / Stanislav J. Kirschbaum -- The "Prague Spring," Poland, and the Warsaw Pact invasion / Lukasz Kamínski -- The "Prague Spring," Poland, and the Warsaw Pact invasion : a comment / Piotr Wróbel -- The role and activities of the SED, the East German state, and its military during the "Prague Spring" of 1968 / Rüdiger Wenzke -- Commentary on The role and activities of the SED, the East German state, and its military during the "Prague Spring" of 1968 / Gary Bruce -- Bulgarian participation in suppressing the "Prague Spring" in August of 1968 / Ivana Skálová -- Bulgaria, the "Prague Spring," and the invasion of Czechoslovakia : a commentary / Mark Kramer -- The "Prague Spring," Hungary, and the Warsaw Pact invasion / Csaba Békés -- Comments on The "Prague Spring," Hungary, and the Warsaw Pact invasion / Peter Pastor -- Legitimacy, nation-building, and closure : meanings and consequences of the Romanian August of 1968 / Dragos Petrescu -- Commentary on Legitimacy, nation-building, and closure : meanings and consequences of the Romanian August of 1968 / Monica Ciobanu.