American Ways of War and Strategic Culture: A Reflection in Domestic and Foreign Cinematography

• Thesis title in Czech: Americké způsoby válčení a strategická kultura: reflexe v domácí a zahraniční kinematografii
• Thesis title in English: American Ways of War and Strategic Culture: A Reflection in Domestic and Foreign Cinematography
• Key words: Strategická kultura, způsob válčení, kinematografie, filmy, Spojené státy americké, Válka ve Vietnamu, Válka v Afghánistánu
• English key words: Strategic culture, way of war, cinematography, movies, USA, Vietnam War, War in Afghanistan
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2017/2018
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of Security Studies (23-KBS)
• Supervisor: PhDr. JUDr. Tomáš Karásek, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 28.06.2018
• Date of assignment: 28.06.2018
• Date and time of defence: 23.01.2020 09:00
• Venue of defence: Jinonice - U Kříže 8, Praha 5, J3093, Jinonice - místn. č. 3093
• Date of electronic submission: 26.12.2019
• Date of proceeded defence: 23.01.2020
• Opponents: Mgr. Petr Špelda, Ph.D.
• Advisors: Mgr. Kamil Christoph Klosek, M.A., Ph.D.

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Preliminary scope of work

Tato práce se zabývá zobrazením americké strategické kultury ve filmech ze Spojených států amerických a dvou zemí, s nimiž byly v konfliktu - Vietnam a Afghánistán. Výzkum se zaměřuje na jejich porovnání s oficiálními americkými strategiemi a na srovnání těchto národních zobrazení mezi sebou. Cílem je zjistit, jak jsou Spojené státy a jejich způsob válčení zachycen doma i v zahraničí prostřednictvím filmů - populárního média se schopností utvářet vnímání. Výzkum je zakotven v teorii poststrukturalismu a v koncepcích strategické kultury a národních způsobů válčení, které slouží jako vodítko pro analýzu filmů.

Preliminary scope of work in English

This thesis examines the portrayal of American strategic culture in movies from the USA and two countries with which the USA has been in conflict with - Vietnam and Afghanistan. The research focuses on comparing them with official US strategies and contrasting the different national portrayals among themselves. The aim is to discover how the USA and its way of war is depicted at home and abroad through movies - a popular medium with the power to shape perceptions. The research is anchored in the international relations theory of post-structuralism and the concepts of strategic culture and national ways of war, which serve as the lens for movie analysis.