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Edwardian Appeasement? A Contribution to the Foreign Policy of Great Britain before the Great War.
Štoudek, Marek ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
Bachelor thesis Edwardian Appeasement? A Contribution to the Foreign Policy of Great Britain before the Great War. focuses on the actions of Great Britain before First World War. Analyses whether the Great Britain really used the policy of appeasement to avoid possible war at the beginning of 20th century. Maps steps of British diplomacy and relationships with other superpowers, especially with Germany. The aim of this thesis is to valorize international policy of Great Britain and then application of theoretical concepts on this issue, leading to answer the main research question. This work also offers alternative concepts such as Balance of Power, Balance of Threats and Complex Mutual Dependence, which may also explain the actions of the Great Britain, rather than appeasement.
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An Animal on the Battlefield of First World War: Horses and Transport Animals
Hunčovská, Barbora ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Kopeček, Michal (referee)
The aim of this thesis is in part to fill the gap that exists in the Czech historiography regarding the use of horses and other transport animals in the First World War. It follows the experience of draught, pack and mounted animals in this war, from its very beginnings to the end, and tries to answer these questions: how were these animals used, what did they have to go through and encounter on the battlefield and what care they were provided. This thesis combines the use of historical sources of both administrative and personal nature with the knowledge and observations gained from the field of horse ethology. It also addresses in detail the relationship between fighting men and their horses and tries to paint the picture of the role of war horses in the representation and memory of the First World War.
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The Balfour Declaration and the McMahon Letters. Great Britain and the Near East during the Great War.
Semera, David ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
Bachelor thesis The Balfour Declaration and the McMahon Letters. Great Britain and the Near East during the Great War analyses the promises of the United Kingdom to Arabs and Jews from the First World War contained in the McMahon Letters and in the Balfour Declaration relating in particular to the territory of the Middle East. It focuses on the circumstances of the formation of these documents, both on the contemporary conditions and the objectives to be achieved by them. It also deals with the wording of these documents and the contents of the British promises, while questioning whether it would be possible to realize them simultaneously or they were excluding each other. The opening chapter presents the situation of the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalism, Zionism, and the empire of the United Kingdom until the beginning of the First World War. The second chapter explains the British interest that influenced the formulation of these documents. The third chapter discusses the emergence of the McMahon Letters and the Balfour Declaration and examine their contents.
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Central Powers: Formation and Evolution of the Alliance
Sedláček, Tadeáš ; Kučera, Jan (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
Presented bachelor thesis describes alliance policy of Great Powers in last quarter of 19th century and in the beginning of 20th century. The thesis examines ways how alliance policy helped to form so-called Central Powers, which later became one of combatant in the upcoming Great War. The thesis sums up and analyse factors which led particular countries into joining the alliance. For this aim I have used international relations theory of realism, which is significant theory throughout 20th century. I have focused on two main groups of countries in my thesis, one of them actually formed Central Powers (Prussia, later Germany; Austria, later Austria-Hungary and Italy), while the other group consists of possible candidate states (United Kingdom and Russia). I have found realism most useful in this context as its main principles (state as most important actor, anarchic essential of international relations, mutually hostile relations between countries) extended with concept of balance of powers by Kenneth Waltz and Stephen Walt follows the way of thinking of 19th century statesmen.
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The phenomenon of death in the Czechoslovak legions in Russia in the years 1914 - 1920
Boháčková, Ilona ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
The topic of the submitted diploma thesis originates from the methodological concept of both historical anthropology and history of mentality as well as everyday life history. The aim of the thesis is the attempt to find a reply to the question what death meant in the lives of soldiers, in what ways they were coping with fear, pain, suffering, in what ways they perceived violence - the inevitable part of their wartime world. The topic of the thesis itself is a complex view of dying and death of Czechoslovak legionaries on the Russian frontline during the First World War, processed mainly on the basis of analysis of historic resources, stored in both the Central Military Archive and Historical Military Archive and on study of ego-documents (correspondence, diaries and personal records of particular participants of the war). In the first part the variety of forms of death have been analysed: death at the battlefront, death in field hospitals, voluntary death or death as a punishment. The second part deals with feelings and mood of fighting men in relation to death, how they accepted it and were able to cope with it, it analyses stress factors, which soldiers had to face and it studies possibilities of defence against the stress of war and death. The third part brings closer the facts concerning...
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Cyrill Dušek 1881-1924
Junková, Veronika ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Šedivý, Ivan (referee)
The bachelor thesis Cyrill Dušek 1881-1924. In the magazine Čas and the resistance movement Maffie is a biography based on accessible published sources, literature and particularly the rich and almost unused archival material from the inheritance fund of Cyrill Dušek. The focus of the thesis is to depict Dušek's editorial and public activities in the period before World War I, and during the World War I, which is its principal period of focus. The aim of the thesis is a detailed overview of Cyrill Dušek's work for the resistance movement Maffie and particularly his involvement in the so called button affair (knoflíková aféra), which influenced his further fate in the war. On the margins the thesis also shows Dušek's life after the war, which was influenced by his acquaintances and experience from the magazine Čas and the resistance movement Maffie. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Austro-Hungarian Activities in China, 1894-1914.
Kočvar, Jan ; Skřivan, Aleš (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee) ; Tejchman, Miroslav (referee)
Austro-Hungarian Activities in China, 1894-1914 PhDr. Jan Kočvar My Ph.D. thesis evaluates Austro-Hungarian activities in China between 1894 and 1914, especially their political aspects. I would like to explain the nature of Austro-Hungarian contacts with China and their significance for the Dual Monarchy. The main source for my thesis was constituted by the materials in Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv in Vienna. Austria-Hungary concluded diplomatic relations with China in 1869, but her position in China remained weak. After the Sino-Japanese War, the Far East became a focus of interest of the Great Powers, and in 1896 was appointed the first Austro-Hungarian Minister to China. During the Scramble for Concessions in late nineties, Austro-Hungarian navy conducted survey of Chinese littoral and contemplated an establishment of a naval base in China, but finally rejected this idea. Austro-Hungarian trade and other interests in China were too insignificant to justify such an action. The peak of Austro-Hungarian presence is connected with the Boxer Uprising of 1900. Austria-Hungary didn't contribute to its genesis. During the uprising, Austro-Hungarian sailors were fighting in besieged Legation Quarter in Beijing, as well as in the metropolitan province of Zhili. Thereafter, Austro-Hungarian diplomacy took...
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František Soukup and his share in the creation of Czechoslovakia
Havlíčková, Lidmila ; Velek, Luboš (advisor) ; Galandauer, Jan (referee)
ANOTATION Bachelor's work focused on František Soukup and his share in the creation of Czechoslovakia mainly during First World War and in first government of Karel Kramář. Shortly it is introduced a history of Czech social democracy, because František Soukup was member of this party (since 1896) and this party influenced his opinion for a long time. The main part of the bachelor's work presents Soukup in Maffie and mainly in button scandal in autumn 1915. Bachelor's work gives a detailed description of Soukup's activity in National Committee and Socialist Committee. Then work focused on Soukup's share of National Committee's declaration in the first half of 1918. Work gives an essential description of 28th October 1918 and first government of Karel Kramář, because František Soukup was Minister of Justice. KEY WORDS František Soukup, Social Demokracy, Maffie, Button scandal, National Committee, Socialist Committee, 28th October 1918, Czechoslovakia 1918, First World War
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