Special Relationship? Hospodářské a politické vztahy mezi Velkou Británií a Spojenými státy americkými v letech 1945-1956

The bachelor thesis focuses on the development of the special Anglo-American relationship between 1945 and 1956. The aim of the thesis is to test or refute the hypothesis that this special relationship had a fatal impact on Great Britain. The thesis analyses the development of the Anglo-American relationship from the late 19th century onwards, with a more detailed analysis of the war years and subsequent economic and political developments after the Second World War. These developments are further analysed and set in the context of world events. The American loans to Britain and the impact on British functioning and their decision-making autonomy as it related to their initiatives in various areas of the world are analysed in detail. The hypothesis that the relationship with the United States had a fatal impact for Britain as they began to lose their great power status from the course of the war onwards, a condition that intensified after the end of the Second World War, is confirmed. The American desire to become an economic power and to control the world market according to its own rules had a large part to play in this. According to the above analysis, we can say that Britain has been replaced by the United States politically and economically at world level.