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"The State of Emergency": The Contribution to the History of Great Britain in the First Half of the 1970s
Rýgrová, Pavla ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
Bachelor thesis concerns itself with British economic policy of Conservative Heath government (1970-1974), the process of formulation of this policy during years in opposition 1965-1970 and reassessment of its principles in 1972. The emphasis is put on problematic aspects of the original policy and the analysis of a way how the experience from years 1970-1972 was reflected in the economic policy in years 1972-1974. There is also a scope given to an oil shock in 1973 and miner's overtime ban and subsequent strike in 1973-1974 as they are important factors testing the viability of the new direction of the economic policy. Thesis further examines the effects of the U-Turn in economic policy of the Conservative Party on its position among voters and the position of the leader of the party Edward Heath. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Roosevelt's Man in the Truman's Era: Henry A. Wallace and his Stances on the United States Foreign Policy in the 1940s and 1950s
Rýgrová, Pavla ; Koura, Jan (advisor) ; Janoušek, Petr (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to the rupture between Henry A. Wallace and Truman's administration during the forties of the twentieth century, that is mainly to the Wallace's disagreement with the Democratic Party regarding U. S.-Soviet relations. Disapproval of the former Roosevelt's vicepresident with the official standing of the American foreign policy ultimately lead to his presidency candidacy in 1948 and to the creation of protest Progressive Party, which was supposed to shield this candidacy. The purpose of the thesis was to ascertain to what degree these events had been formed by the commencing Cold War and on the contrary which role was played by Wallace and his followers. In the thesis, I analyzed Wallace's shift in opinion towards Soviet Union, determinants of his viewpoint and direct causes of his leave from Democratic Party. I devoted to the circumstances leading to creation of the Progressive Party, its structure and the role of communists in this process. The core theme is presidential campaign in 1948 and analysis of the reasons behind Wallace's defeat; one chapter is devoted to the reflection of this campaign in the forming Eastern Bloc, including its propaganda employment in the communist media press. Additionally, following evolvement of Progressive Party and the reasons of the Wallace's...
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"The State of Emergency": The Contribution to the History of Great Britain in the First Half of the 1970s
Rýgrová, Pavla ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
Bachelor thesis concerns itself with British economic policy of Conservative Heath government (1970-1974), the process of formulation of this policy during years in opposition 1965-1970 and reassessment of its principles in 1972. The emphasis is put on problematic aspects of the original policy and the analysis of a way how the experience from years 1970-1972 was reflected in the economic policy in years 1972-1974. There is also a scope given to an oil shock in 1973 and miner's overtime ban and subsequent strike in 1973-1974 as they are important factors testing the viability of the new direction of the economic policy. Thesis further examines the effects of the U-Turn in economic policy of the Conservative Party on its position among voters and the position of the leader of the party Edward Heath. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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