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American reaction to French withdrawal from NATO military forces
Hampejs, Martin ; Hornát, Jan (advisor) ; Fojtek, Vít (referee)
The bachelor's thesis "American reaction to French withdrawal from NATO military forces" deals with problematic decision of French president Charles de Gaulle from March 1966, when he decided to leave NATO military forces. American president Lyndon B. Johnson and his Secretary of State Dean Rusk were forced to deal with new situation in foreign policy. France was a key member and partner in NATO and the withdrawal might complicate the whole future of Alliance. However crisis might be difficult to deal with, American reaction was kind, tolerant and fully accepting new status quo decided by France. For understanding such a position was necessary to examine historical documents as well as the correspondence between key players. The major part of thesis is based on primary sources, which means the correspondence between State department and particular Embassies. The first part of bachelor's thesis analyses the characters and priorities in foreign policies of presidents on both sides of Atlantic sea, with aim to understand the reasons of French withdrawal as well as the docility of American reaction. The second part is focused on a moment of French withdrawal and presidential communication. The third part studies the preparations in American administrative before the March 1966. It explains tendencies...
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Johnson and Vietnam. The influence of Vietnam War on President Johnson's decision to not seek re-election in 1968
Rudyšar, Rudolf ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Bečka, Jan (referee)
The fucused bachelor thesis "Johnson and Vietnam. Impact of the Vietnam War on the decision of President Lyndon B. Johnson not to run in the presidential elections in 1968" deals with the attitude of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson to the Vietnam War, and examines how Johnson's steps taken in the Vietnam issues affected his decision in March 1968 not to seek and not accept the nomination for another term as the US president. In Johnson's Vietnam War era, the war after Tonkin incident escalated. President Johnson as a fervent supporter of the 'Domino Theory' tried to fulfill in Vietnam two objectives; firstly to prevent the communist threat, secondly to establish a democratic government in Vietnam. The main research method used is the analysis of the sources and literature, the source of all the resources the author is seen solely in terms of their research questions. The work is divided into seven chapters. In conclusion, the author answers the main research question and shows that the Vietnam War was very important reason that why Johnson resigned from his second candidacy. In consideration of the impact of the war on president Johnson decision author states that it has been the count of all the factors at work described and the Johnson's feeling of helplessness combined with a his sense of...
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Lyndon B. Johnson as a Political Person
Rudyšar, Rudolf ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Fojtek, Vít (referee)
After World War II, states throughout the world strived for a more just society. In relation to this, the United States of America faced serious difficulties and riots in the 1960's, which sometimes bordered with the state of a civil war. Inland safety was however not the only issue during this period of time, as USA engaged in the process of altering internal affairs of other countries. This was mainly the US involvement in the Vietnam War, which to this day is one of the most controversial chapters of US history. The historical position of Lyndon Johnson in both internal and international affairs, his political and personal profile, his development of opinions on key historical events bring a variety of questions to anyone who deeply studies US history of the 20th century. Both current and retrospective documents bring different views, logically influenced by the time of their origin. The main goal of this thesis is to gather the widest possible spectrum of opinions, which are however mainly inconsistent or negative towards the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, and to evaluate his political views and his crucial decisions in the light of the current world and knowledge of history we have to this day.
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