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9780252028151 Academic Inspection Copy

The Nazi Olympics

Sport, Politics, and Appeasement in the 1930s
  • ISBN-13: 9780252028151
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • Edited by Anrd Kruger, Edited by William Murray
  • Price: AUD $107.00
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  • Local release date: 13/02/2004
  • Format: Hardback 280 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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The Nazi Olympics is the unsurpassed exposé of one of the most bizarre festivals in sport history. Not only does it provide incisive portraits of such key figures as Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Leni Riefenstahl, Helen Stephens, Kee Chung Sohn, and Avery Brundage, it also vividly conveys the entire dazzling charade that reinforced and mobilized the hysterical patriotism of the German masses. ''A riveting book. It is, above all, a caution against nationalism in sport.''-- London Sunday Times ''Covers not merely the games themselves but the history of the modern games, Europe in the 1930s, the debates over United States participation, the role of the games in Nazi propaganda efforts, and even a critique of filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's career. Mandell's comments on these issues are always interesting and worthwhile. . . . Few American historians could equal his considerable research in German documents.''-- Jules Tygiel, author of Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
Germany - the propaganda machine by Arnd Kreuger; United States of America - the crucial battle by Arnd Kreuger; Great Britain - the amateur tradition by Richard Holt; France - liberty equality and the pursuit of fraternity by William Murray; Italy - Mussolini's boys at Hitler's Olympics by Gigliola Gori; Japan - the future in the past by Tetsuo Nakamura; Finland - the promised land of Olympic sports by Leena Laine; Sweden - business as usual by Lars-Olof Wilander; Norway - Germany the Nazis and a small neighbour by Matti Goksjr; Denmark - living with reality by Jrn Hansen; Netherlands - in the shadow of big brother by Andr e Swijtink.
ADVANCE ''It's a pleasure to read the work of writers who really know their topic. This collection contains some masterful essays which impress the reader with their depth of information and their balanced judgments. There's real drama here and important questions to ask and answer.'' -- Allen Guttmann, author of The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games
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