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The Influence of the Korean War on the U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Indochina and Vietnam Wars
Špes, Jakub ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Ludvík, Jan (referee)
This thesis examines the impact of the Korean War on U.S. foreign policy toward the wars in Indochina and Vietnam during the Cold War. The Korean War, which took place from 1950 to 1953, had profound and indelible consequences for U.S. foreign policy, particularly toward Southeast Asia, and the experience and erudition gained in the Korean War influenced the United States' approach to the wars in Indochina and Vietnam from 1954 to 1975. For this thesis, I have drawn on scholarly literature and analysis of official U.S. State Department documents published in a compilation entitled Foreign Relations of the United States. The thesis is divided into three main parts: in the first I describe terms associated with overall American foreign policy during the second half of the twentieth century, in the second I briefly summarize the Korean War, and in the third I discuss Indochina, Vietnam, and lessons from Korea. The thesis concludes with the verdict that the Korean War had a profound impact on U.S. foreign policy toward the wars in Indochina and Vietnam.
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Consumerism as part of U.S. propaganda during the Cold War
Gajdácsová, Jana ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
This thesis examines the role of consumerism in American propaganda. Its main objective is to show the strategy by which the American government used consumerism and consumer goods to legitimize its regime abroad. This case study is mainly focused on the 1950s and it is divided into three parts. The first part addresses the attitudes of the world public towards the American consumerism at the beginning of the Cold War, the beginnings of the American information programs fighting against the rising anti-Americanism, and also the exhibitions promoting the Marshall Plan. The second part is dedicated to the United States Information Agency's operations, to the U.S. participation in international trade fairs, and to the development of the People's Capitalism concept. The third part dissects the American National Exhibition in Moscow, which represented one of the biggest achievements of the American overseas propaganda. This thesis, therefore, analyses how the consumerism was integrated into the American ideology and became a key element in the struggle of the Cold War.
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American Involvement in Vietnam during the Presidency of Dwinght D. Eisenhower
Do, Phuong Thuy ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
American journey to the Vietnam War began in the 1950s, when the US decided to stand beside France in the fight against the Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh. In 1954, the United States refused to take an intervention to assist the French in the battle of Dien Bien Phu. French troops lost the battle and started their withdrawal from the region, where the United States gradually fully replaced them. After the division of the country by the 17th parallel Washington began to build an independent democratic state in South Vietnam, which would be an ally of the West in the fight against communism. CIA agents, however, failed to put someone competent in the lead of the country, who would promote the necessary reforms and gain the respect of the population. Eisenhower's successors then inherited the American engagement in the region. The conflict in Vietnam escalated further until it converted into the Second Indochina War.
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