Title:
Power, politics, and the Olympic Games / Alfred Erich Senn.
Author:
Senn, Alfred Erich.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-299) and index.
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.
Publisher:
Human Kinetics,
Publication Place:
Champaign, IL :
ISBN:
0880119586
Subject:
Olympics -- Political aspects -- History.
Sports and state -- History.
Olympics -- Political aspects -- History.
Brundage, Avery.
International Olympic Committee -- History.
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.
Physical Description:
xx, 315 p. : ill. ;
Publication Date:
c1999.
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