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Britain's Relations with Germany in the 1930s
HEMR, Adam
The goal of this thesis is to analyze the relationship of Great Britain and Germany in the 1930s. It concerns itself with the political development in Britain between the world wars while focusing on the policy of appeasement, its roots, and its most famous exponent, Neville Chamberlain. The thesis also hopes to explain why both the Prime Minister and his policy failed. In its conclusion the thesis argues in defense of appeasement as well as in defense of Neville Chamberlain.
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Reflections of the Munich Agreement in the illegal anti-Nazi magazine "V boj"
Budská, Eva ; Kučera, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
This thesis deals with the magazine V boj's reflection of the Munich Agreement. This journal was published illegally in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from May 1939 to spring 1941. V boj was a part of the resistance standing up for Beneš. This academic work will show the immediate reactions of contemporaneous Czech and foreign authors to the Munich Agreement. A content analysis examines three concrete and distinct paradigms associated with the Munich Agreement. The first paradigm reflects the Agreement of Munich as a betrayal of western countries. The second is the amount of Beneš's responsibility for this event. The third contends that this agreement reflects the collapse of Czechoslovak democracy. V boj allows one not only to look closer at the so-called civic groups, but also to examine the prints published by the military resistance organization Obrana národa (Defence of the Nation). The thesis follows the general knowledge of the V boj's content presented by its reprint, done by Růžena Hlušičková and her collective.
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Czechoslovak-British Relationship between 1937-1938 in the Context of Appeasement Policy
Závorka, Jan ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with Czechoslovak-British relationship between 1937-1938. The issue of interpretation, discussion and defining the concept of appeasement is discussed in the first chapter. The use of appeasement as a part of political communication will be also discussed. I also briefly describe the position of Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovak's alliances with Russia, France and Little Entente. The one of the key parts of this thesis is the third chapter. I answer here research question "What were the factors influencing the use of appeasement from the British view?" The answer the question includes economic, political or army issues. I also discussed global situation of British imperium. The second key part of the thesis is the next chapter. I analyze Czechoslovak-British relationship between 1937-1938. I apply here the concept of appeasement which was defined in the first chapter. I answer here the second question "Whether and how the appeasement policy was reflected in the Czechoslovak-British relationship?" I use here primary sources which I found during study in the Archive of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. I conclude the thesis with summary of answers to research questions.
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Great Britain and Appeasement. Contribution to the History of Foreign Policy of the Island State in the 1930s
Hansenová, Michelle ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šmíd, Marek (referee)
Ve své práci "Velká Británie a appeasement: Příspěvek k dějinám zahraniční politiky ostrovního státu ve 30. letech 20. století" jsem se zaměřuji na britskou politiku appeasementu, která se nejvíce projevila v zahraniční politice. Zabývám se událostmi, ke kterým došlo ve dvacátých letech a které mají často kvůli rozhodování v duchu appeasementu nepříznivé důsledky v letech třicátých. Posuzuji vliv poválečných konferencí a spojeneckých dohod. Strach z šíření bolševismu, světové hospodářské krize a revizionistické názory pomohly mimo jiné i Hitlerovi k moci v Německu. Tyto události ovlivňovala rozhodnutí britských státníků, kteří věřili v pacifistickou společnost a v politiku ustupování diktátorům ve 30. letech, jejichž sláva potom stála na troskách staré Evropy. Klíčová slova Appeasement, Velká Británie, zahraniční politika 30. let, Chamberlaine, Meziválečné období
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Reflections of the Munich Agreement in the illegal anti-Nazi magazine "V boj"
Budská, Eva ; Kučera, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
This thesis deals with the magazine V boj's reflection of the Munich Agreement. This journal was published illegally in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from May 1939 to spring 1941. V boj was a part of the resistance standing up for Beneš. This academic work will show the immediate reactions of contemporaneous Czech and foreign authors to the Munich Agreement. A content analysis examines three concrete and distinct paradigms associated with the Munich Agreement. The first paradigm reflects the Agreement of Munich as a betrayal of western countries. The second is the amount of Beneš's responsibility for this event. The third contends that this agreement reflects the collapse of Czechoslovak democracy. V boj allows one not only to look closer at the so-called civic groups, but also to examine the prints published by the military resistance organization Obrana národa (Defence of the Nation). The thesis follows the general knowledge of the V boj's content presented by its reprint, done by Růžena Hlušičková and her collective.
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Czechoslovak-British Relationship between 1937-1938 in the Context of Appeasement Policy
Závorka, Jan ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with Czechoslovak-British relationship between 1937-1938. The issue of interpretation, discussion and defining the concept of appeasement is discussed in the first chapter. The use of appeasement as a part of political communication will be also discussed. I also briefly describe the position of Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovak's alliances with Russia, France and Little Entente. The one of the key parts of this thesis is the third chapter. I answer here research question "What were the factors influencing the use of appeasement from the British view?" The answer the question includes economic, political or army issues. I also discussed global situation of British imperium. The second key part of the thesis is the next chapter. I analyze Czechoslovak-British relationship between 1937-1938. I apply here the concept of appeasement which was defined in the first chapter. I answer here the second question "Whether and how the appeasement policy was reflected in the Czechoslovak-British relationship?" I use here primary sources which I found during study in the Archive of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. I conclude the thesis with summary of answers to research questions.
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Evolution of British concepts of the territorial organization of the area of Czechoslovakia between the years 1918-1938
Malaniuk, Bohdan ; Smetana, Vít (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
This Master thesis, Evolution of British concepts of the territorial organization of the area of Czechoslovakia between the years 1918-1938, examines the attitude of the British foreign policy towards the territorial concept of Czechoslovakia in the interwar period. This thesis is a historiographical narrative study based primarily on the analysis of documents on British foreign policy from the period 1918-1938. The goal of this thesis is to evaluate how the British foreign policy makers reflected the existence of the new state formation in Central Europe and how their ideas about the suitability of such political organization in the area of Czechoslovakia was changing during the interwar period. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first covers the period after the First World War, when the borders of Czechoslovakia were decided and focuses on the British role in this process. The second chapter is dedicated to British reflections on the new state in the context of the new territorial organization of Central Europe during the twenties and early thirties. The third chapter deals with the changes in British policy towards Czechoslovakia in the context of the new geopolitical reality in Central Europe after the rise of Nazism in Germany. It tries to analyse the British standpoint on the...
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Anthony Eden and the Foreign Office, 1935-1938
Švehlová, Petra ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis Anthony Eden and the Foreign Office, 1935-1938 deals with foreign policy of Anthony Eden during the time, when he was the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom before the Second World War. The thesis analyses influence of Anthony Eden on Italian-Abyssinian war, Rhineland crisis, Spanish civil war and studies, up to what extent, Anthony Eden took part in the appeasement policy. The thesis focuses on the changes in functioning of Foreign Office during the time, when Neville Chamberlain became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Stanley Baldwin.
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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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