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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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The life of secret agent Vojtěch Kučera: microhistorical study
Veselý, Vojtěch ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Michela, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis intends to introduce the life story of Vojtěch Kučera, "agent-walker", who undertook at least twenty-six illegal border crossing across Czechoslovakia border during the years 1946 - 1954. During his last illegal border crossing he was catched, accused of espionage and then sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in the year 1955. The first part of the thesis is based on three variations of Kučera's life story. These three stories are constructed (and later deconstructed ) by using informations from family memories, Kučera's statement as well as from the film Agent K vypovídá. The second part of the thesis is based on several microhistorical probes. By using microhistorical analysis we aim to understand Kučera's thinking, behaving and motivations.
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Selected aspects of US foreign policy during period of decolonization
Urbánek, Daniel ; Romancov, Michael (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on position of the United States of America towards the process of decolonization and its purpose is to identify if American steps in this context were guided by idealistic or realistic motives. After a short definition of these two paradigms and description of the mechanism of American foreign policy the thesis introduces traditions affecting that policy, mostly focusing on the tradition of isolationism. Main part of the thesis is divided into two segments - in the first one, four political programs concerning the United States are analyzed, sources being the Monroe Doctrine, the Fourteen Points of President Wilson, the Atlantic Charter and the UN Charter. In this part, contribution of these programs to the process of decolonization is emphasized together with the identification of idealistic or realistic characteristics. The second segment offers a case study focused on the Suez Crisis - the moment, when the United States practically intervened against European colonial powers. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The first people in space according to Czechoslovak media
Panák, Břetislav ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
This thesis focused on how propaganda was used in the Czechoslovak media and how that directly relatedd to the first people in space. The aim is an analysis of celebrities of Soviet state system including Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova and also John Glenn for comparison. The thesis discusses how these people were promoted and constructed into cult heroes in Eastern, Western and Third World countries. The secondary literature of this subject was not yet analysed and the author wants to use it for further study. The contemporary sources are used in the press - Rude pravo, Mlady svet, Dikobraz, ABC mladych prirodovedcu a techniku and the Ceskoslovensky vojak.
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Analysis of the sino-soviet border conflicts in 1969
Crhák, Ondřej ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
This bachalor thesis is focused on the Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969, which represents the most sharpened period in the relationship between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The purpose of the thesis is to demonstrate possible origns and consequences of this conflict as well as to show main characteristics of the border question using the analysis of development of the crisis. First chapters mainly deal with development of the Sino-Soviet split and history of common border. This work emphasizes in the first place level of foreign relations but it is also important to mention progress of conflict including the three most important border clashes. The thesis confronts with myths, legends and half-truths. The topic is elaborated on documents publicated electronicly on the internet and on unpublicated documents from Czech archives. Key words: border clashes, Brezhnev, Cold war, Communism, Damanskii, eastern bloc, Mao zedong, maoism, relations between PRC and USSR, Zhalanashkol
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Czechoslovak - Venezuelan Relations in the years 1945 - 1968
Maternová, Simona ; Opatrný, Josef (advisor) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
This work is an analysis of a topic that until now has been practically no research, the relations of Czechoslovakia and Venezuela in the years 1945 - 1968, while this work focuses attention on diplomatic and economic relations, it also considers the influence of domestic politics in these countries, explaining the context of these international relations, specifically of the United States, Soviet union and Cuba. The thesis is primarily based on material from the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Czech Republic and also the National Archive of the Czech Republic. Diplomatic relations between these countries were established in 1929, after the Munich Agreement of 1938, the embassy of Czechoslovakia in Caracas was closed. After World War II. economic relations were re-established. This was really important because the commercial interest of Czechoslovakia helped to establish the diplomatic relations. Diplomatic relations were discontinued by Venezuela in 1952 during the dictatorship of general Marcus Pérez Jiménez. When the dictator was overthrown in 1958, diplomatic relations were gradually re-established, once more through economic relations and finally established in 1968. The development of diplomatic relations were affected by several factors. The first one was domestic...
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Alone Amid the Storm: The Hungarian Uprising and the Western Powers
Ding, Xiaopeng ; Smetana, Vít (advisor) ; Toth, Gyorgy (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to review and revise all historical evidence hitherto available concerning the international aspects of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Its scope includes several layers, including how the peoples in the West, as well as their leaders, behaved during the crisis. It will look at the international arena in 1956 from the Hungarian perspective, as well as attempt to come to a historical explanation for Western, and specifically American actions during the uprising, and the precepts which led to them. In doing so, it shall in particular take a careful revision of the long-standing charges levelled against the West, concerning its alleged passivity, hypocrisy, or willingness to escalate the crisis via the controversial broadcasts of Radio Free Europe.
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