Power, politics, and the Olympic Games / Alfred Erich Senn.

Title
  1. Power, politics, and the Olympic Games / Alfred Erich Senn.
Published by
  1. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c1999.
Author
  1. Senn, Alfred Erich

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Description
  1. xx, 315 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games chronicles the influential individuals, groups, and events that have shaped the Olympics since the modern Games began in 1896. This insightful and highly readable work offers a critical, historical perspective of the political and social controversies that have surrounded the world's greatest sports spectacle."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Brundage, Avery
  2. International Olympic Committee > History
  3. Olympics > Political aspects > History
  4. Sports and state > History
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-299) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain