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Drawing on newly declassified materials and archives, Toby C. Rider chronicles how the U.S. government used the Olympics to promote democracy and its own policy aims during the tense early phase of the Cold War. Rider shows how the government, though constrained by traditions against interference in the Games, eluded detection by cooperating with private groups, including secretly funded émigré organizations bent on liberating their home countries from Soviet control.
At the same time, the United States utilized Olympic host cities as launching pads for hyping the American economic and political system. Behind the scenes, meanwhile, the government attempted clandestine manipulation of the International Olympic Committee. Rider also details the campaigns that sent propaganda materials around the globe as the United States mobilized culture in general, and sports in particular, to fight the communist threat.
Deeply researched and boldly argued, Cold War Games recovers an essential chapter in Olympic and postwar history.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 256 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | University of Illinois Press |
Utgivningsdatum | 2016-04-26 |
ISBN | 9780252081699 |
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- Häftad, 256, Engelska, University of Illinois Press, 2016-04-26, 9780252081699
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 256
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag University of Illinois Press
- Utgivningsdatum 2016-04-26
- ISBN 9780252081699