Question : The Brezhnev Doctrine, articulated in 1968, was intended to:
Option 1: Promote economic reforms in the Soviet Union
Option 2: Justify Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe
Option 3: Establish détente with the United States
Option 4: Support decolonization movements
Correct Answer:
Justify Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe
Solution : The Brezhnev Doctrine, articulated by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1968, was intended to justify Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe to maintain communist rule, as demonstrated by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.