Power, politics, and the Olympic Games
| Main Author: | Senn, Alfred Erich. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Champaign, IL :
Human Kinetics,
[1999]
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| Physical Description: |
xx, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- The formative years. The Olympic family ; Coubertin's creation ; Starting anew ; The Berlin games
- The Brundage era. Another war ; Entry of the Soviets ; The Cold War arena ; The idealist at the helm ; The issue of political discrimination ; Brundage's troubled last term
- "Opening" the games. Seeking the Lee ; Boycott! ; ...and again! ; Reconstructing the Olympic edifice ; The last Cold War games ; The collapse of the Soviet Union ; The capitalist centennial games ; From Atlanta to Nagano ; Entering the 21st century.