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The foreign policy of the United States of America towards Nicaragua after the Cuban Revolution
Černá, Kateřina ; Perutka, Lukáš (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This thesis examines the foreign policy of the United States towards Nicaragua between 1961-1973. When the John F. Kennedy administration took office in 1961, there was concern about developments in Cuba and, in particular, the possibility of a similar fate in Latin American countries. This concern gave rise to the largest foreign aid program up to that time, the Alliance for Progress. Although it was a comprehensive aid scheme taking into account both economic and social issues, the results of the Alliance were contradictory. Nicaragua was a case in point. This paper uses the case study method to explain the results of the Alliance for Progress using Nicaragua as an example. By synthesizing literary sources and secondary literature, the various objectives of the Alliance for Progress are evaluated. The first part of the thesis examines the political situation of the United States both domestically and globally. The second part of the thesis describes the nature of the Alliance for Progress, the fulfilment of its goals, and the implications for the people of the Republic of Nicaragua. The thesis concludes that in the case of Nicaragua, the Alliance for Progress succeeded in the economic sphere. However, the vast majority of social issues remained unresolved and the Alliance's main objective, to...
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Between Global Ambitions and Economic Pragmatism: Czechoslovak Experts in Angola and Mozambique in the Cold War
Menclová, Barbora ; Kolenovská, Daniela (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee) ; Pešta, Mikuláš (referee)
In the mid-1970s, the Soviet Union and its allies, strengthened by the Helsinki Conference's success and the United States' international weakening after the defeat in Vietnam, launched a new global offensive. One of their priorities became cooperation with the newly established states in Sub- Saharan Africa - Angola and Mozambique. In addition to continued military support, the Eastern Bloc states invested in their industrialization, agriculture, and key infrastructure, which were supposed to contribute to the development of both states. In the case of Czechoslovakia, like other European socialist countries, sending experts to Angolan and Mozambican factories and other institutions became part of its foreign policy. By the end of the Cold War, several hundred Czechoslovak citizens had gained work experience in Angola and, later, Mozambique. The aim of the dissertation dealing with this key Czechoslovak foreign policy strategy in the broader Cold War context is to contribute to the current academic discussion on the forms of socialist globalization and the approach of the East to the Global South in the late Cold War. Based on the archival documents and interviews with witnesses, it explores Czechoslovakia's intentions in pursuing its expertise in these Lusophone countries after 1975. Further, it...
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Media coverage of the Pentagon Papers affair in the newspapers Rudé právo, The New York Times and The Times
Šimečková, Karolína ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Charvát, Jakub (referee)
The bachelor's thesis "Media portrayal of the Pentagon Papers affair in The New York Times, Rudé právo and The Times" focuses on the events related to the Pentagon Papers affair from mid-1971, specifically the analysis of newspaper texts on the topic. The problem of this scandal is captured in the period before its revelation (from May 31 to June 13, 1971), two weeks after its disclosure in June (from June 13 to June 30, 1971), and up to mid-July (from July 1 to July 14, 1971). Within the theoretical part of the thesis, the concept of propaganda is explained, along with an introduction to the newspapers themselves, their history, and contemporary characteristics. Subsequently, the historical-political context of the Pentagon Papers affair is explained, including a brief background on the Vietnam War and two key figures and their role in revealing the report to the public. During the comparative analysis of the newspapers The New York Times, Rudé právo, and The Times, the topics, content of texts, lexical level of articles, as well as the style of presentation and news value of individual contributions are monitored. The aim of the thesis is to create a comprehensive overview of the different processing of the identical scandal by newspapers with different tendencies, caused not only but primarily...
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Reagen-Gorbachev Summits and Their Impact
Kalousek, Robin ; Pondělíček, Jiří (advisor) ; Perutka, Lukáš (referee)
My thesis will be dealing with the last yet very important chapter of the Cold war. In the theoretical part I will focus on importance of the summits. There are two major approaches concerning the summits, I will shortly describe each one of them. After that, I will shortly mention the political career of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, their political views and goals respectively. After that I will shift my attention to the core of my thesis, therefore bilateral intermediate range ballistic missiles treaty and summits between two statesmen that took place in Geneva, Reykjavik, Moscow and Washington D.C. In the final part, there will be summary and my views on the given issue. At the very end, there will be sources and attachments.
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The influence of the alleged existence of a "bomber gap" on diplomacy and strategy of the United States of America in the crisis of 1956 during the first presidential period of D. D. Eisenhower
Krebs, Martin ; Pondělíček, Jiří (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The "bomber gap" crisis is not well known in the general Cold War consciousness. In addition, the generally accepted and, from my point of view, simplified course of the formation of the "bomber gap" can be questioned using relevant sources, and the same is true of the dating event, which is also treated very loosely. If the course of this event was questioned, it is necessary to look for the cause of the "bomber gap" in a different, than generally accepted plane, referring to the observation during the air show. Some authors thus offer an explanation of the "bomber gap" both from the point of view of political economy and from the point of view of the human factor in the secret services. The second view of the "bomber gap" concerns both crises taking place at the end of 1956, the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Uprising. Although it would seem that strategic air power and nuclear bombs will be a key factor and play a more important role in solving both crises, where both strategies and doctrines of the two great powers, the doctrine of the liberation of Eastern Europe from communism and the Soviet doctrine of penetration into the countries of the Third, indirectly clashed world. At first glance, the strategic air force here played a secondary role, the capacities of both countries for a nuclear...
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Sport and politics at the time of block arrangement of the word
NEBOR, David
This bachelor's thesis deals with the interconnection of the spheres of sport and politics with a focus on the period of bipolar world during the Cold War. On the basis of the relevant literature, the thesis examines such sporting events that reflected the political situation or the mood of contemporary society. The introductory part of the text aims to find the position of the game in human culture, it also deals with the sociological aspects of sport. The main body of the thesis tries to find a connection between sport, media, ideology and politics and outlines the development of events in the period of the bipolar world divided into Western and Eastern Bloc. The text pays attention to the politically influenced Olympic Games or ping pong tournament. It also focuses on the Czechoslovak environment through the study of the Spartakiads, the politicization of ice hockey and sports emigration. Finally, it shows a thematic overlap to the present. The bachelor's thesis presents selected topics and is a probe into the sports world, which is repeatedly inserted into political contexts. It examines sport as a tool of domestic and foreign policy. Methodologically, the text is based on the approaches of cultural studies. In addition to professional literature, it also uses news and journalistic articles in online media.
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The Reflection of the Cold War in British Fiction
MYKYTYN, Kristýna
The thesis aims to reflect on the Cold War from the point of view of the United Kingdom and the United states of America, paying attention to events that led to the creation of the two analysed novels by contemporary British authors (Ian McEwan, Ken Follett). The sociocultural and political settings at the beginning of the Cold War are outlined as well as the time frame in which the novels take place, and the events depicted in both novels are examined objectively. The thesis presents the results of the interpretation and analysis of Ian McEwan's The Innocent (1990) and Ken Follett's Code to Zero (2000) with a focus on comparing objective historical observations with the novel storylines in the context of British espionage novels revolving around the Space Race in the USA and British operations in Berlin at the start of the Cold War.
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The Establishment of the Union of European Football Associations and the Czechoslovak Footprint in International Football (1954-1989)
Urban, Adam ; Štemberk, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
(English) The diploma thesis The Establishment of the Union of European Football Associations and the Czechoslovak Footprint in International Football (1954-1989) deals with the formation of UEFA in the 1950s and the interference of Czechoslovak football in European football at various levels in 1954-1989. The thesis represents a unique contribution to the history of UEFA, especially in the Czech environment, where it is an unexplored issue. Due to the subject of the work, a historical approach was used. The work is based mainly on archival materials, which are stored in the National Archives in the collection of the ÚV ČSTV and periodicals focused on sports and football (Československý sport, Kopaná). The work first focuses on the form of European football in the absence of a European body and describes the form of competitions at the time. Subsequently, the political events that influenced the creation of UEFA and at the same time shaped the environment in which the confederation operated are considered. Specifically, it is a matter of dividing Europe into two blocks, which defined each other on several levels and football was no exception. This factor is reflected throughout the work. In the last part, the work deals with the influence of UEFA on the form of European football, especially on its...
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1962: The world on the brink of disaster
Hejnová, Tereza ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
Bachelor thesis "1962: The world on the brink of disaster" discusses several days at the end of October 1962 - the Caribbean crisis. Caribbean crisis has become one of the worst crises of the Cold War and during the crisis world was really on the verge of outbreak of nuclear war. The work focuses on addressing this crisis, from the American side. U.S. representatives were at this time dilemma - how to achieve that the missiles were withdrawn from Cuba while also maintaining peace? They had many options. And about how these options they are interested. I'm trying to break down the process of thinking, consider how risk what options were and what conclusions they reached. Why they chose a blockade of the island? What were other suggestions? These are questions with which they deal, and we're trying to find an answer. The possibilities were many and included a direct military attack on the island. The blockade of the island, however, represents the least risk of conflict with the Soviet Union.
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