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Great Britain and Spanish Civil War: A Contribution to the Changing Attitudes of British Elites and Foreign Policy on the Background of the Conflict in Spain
Jan, Albert ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
Spanish Civil War in contemporary sense is used to be portrayed as a prelude to the WW2, as well as a proving ground for military equipment of Europe's dictatorships. Rather than warfare, this bachelor thesis is concerned with international dimension of said conflict, specifically its influence on Great Britain. British role in this war is, as opposed to that of nazi Germany, fascist Italy or communist Soviet Union, not well known, despite its policy of non-intervention having significant impact on the wars outcome. My intention is to explain generally the position of Great Britain and its development, as well as attitudes of certain british politicians: Neville Chamberlain, Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee. Their subsequent conduct during events leading to the outbreak of the WW2 was in my opinion heavily influenced by their experience with the conflict in Spain. I strive to contribute to better understanding of these steps of Great Britain, as from Central Europe's point of view they may seem irrational. However if we set them in the context of british foreign policy tradition and the situation Great Britain had to face with Spanish Civil War, we will reach in my opinion some interesting conclusions.
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The Political Philosophy of Anarchism in Practice
Gavriněv, Vojtěch ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kučera, Jan (referee)
The anarchist movement in Spain is the best known attempt to establish a regime based upon the anarchist theory of individual freedom and mutuality. As it is hard to say whether the attempt was successful or not, this study focuses on particular institutions such as unions, cooperative farms, militias and local administrations and examines the rate of anarchist principles in their real functioning. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Fate of Czechoslovak Interbrigadists in Political Trials from the First Half of the 1950s
Kocek, Vojtěch ; Šmíd, Marek (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the political trials during the first half of 1950 s. It concerns mainly Oskar Valeš (1912-1987) , who was a leader of the "Second Sector", or Intelligence Sector, of the SNB, Osvald Závodský (1910-1954), the former leader of the SNB, and Artur London (1915-1986), the former deputy of minister of Foreign Affairs. The main aim of this thesis is to extend the current knowledge about the trials and to compare the personal memories of the participants with Historians' analyses.
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The Importance of Communism in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War
Česalová, Petra ; Mejstřík, Martin (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
This Bachelor thesis deals with the question of importance of communism behind the International Brigades in the Spanish civil war. About 35.000 volunteers from fifty three countries of the world arrived in Spain between 1936 and 1939 in order to join the special military units created for them to support the fight of the local Republicans' cause. The Rightist propaganda over the years tended to describe them as cowards and "Stalin's puppets". Many of them were not able to return home after the end of the war and had to face persecution or some sort of discrimination. Appropriate homage was apart from few exceptions only paid to them by Spain on the sixtieth anniversary of the beginning of the civil war. The main aim of this paper thus is to challenge the propagandist hypothesis that all International Brigades' volunteers can be regarded as dedicated communists controlled by the Soviet Union. Via examination of the volunteers' motivation from selected countries of Europe and North and Latin America the author tries to analyze the role played by communism. The second part of the hypothesis is checked in the chapter focused on the motives and ways of the Soviet assistance to the Spanish Republic. The introduction provides a brief historiographic overview of the literature about the International...
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The Political Philosophy of Anarchism in Practice
Gavriněv, Vojtěch ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kučera, Jan (referee)
The anarchist movement in Spain is the best known attempt to establish a regime based upon the anarchist theory of individual freedom and mutuality. As it is hard to say whether the attempt was successful or not, this study focuses on particular institutions such as unions, cooperative farms, militias and local administrations and examines the rate of anarchist principles in their real functioning. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Reflexion of the Spanish Civil War in the work of Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell
Macáková, Martina ; Rak, Jiří (advisor) ; Pelánová, Anita (referee)
The Spanish Civil War was an extraordinary event that draught unprecedent attention of intellectuals all around the world. The wast majority of them took side of the Republicans. It was also the case of two writers whose works were marked by the greatest response and to some extent ifnluenced the reception of the conflict by our society. Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell came to Spain with different expectations, they each played in spanish drama distinct role and reflected their experience diversly, however they shared the belief that the Republic is a cause worth to be fighting for. The main objective of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the political message of two most important literal accounts that have been written on background of the Spanish Civil War, to describe the circumstances of their origins and publication and to account how the public in Spain, their home countries and also in Czechoslovakia react to them. Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls and Orwell's Homage to Catalonia proof to be a testimony how strong is the bond between history and literature. The popular Spanish images depicted by writers such as Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell have not disappeared, only was overshadowed by Franco's dictatorship.
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How War Photography Can Influence Public Opinion.
Sommersová, Barbora ; Horný, Stanislav (advisor) ; Souralová, Veronika (referee)
Because the reality of war is so far from our own, images captured from the field become the only visuals shaping our understanding of the course of events. This gives war photography a unique power that can be used to influence masses. The aim of this thesis is to illustrate the ways in which such photographs can be used to shape public opinion. It offers a theoretical understanding of the influences that are involved in forming the final effect a photograph has on its viewer. Then it specifies how these influences have been used by examining the visual representation of two wars: the War in Vietnam and the Spanish Civil War. My findings will be supported by my own experience of documenting the refugee crisis in the Balkans.
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