Drug Games The International Olympic Committee and the Politics of Doping, 1960-2008

Name: Drug Games The International Olympic Committee and the Politics of Doping, 1960-2008
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ISBN: 9780292737495

ISBN-10: 0292737491

ISBN-13: 9780292737495

Edition: 2011

Authors: Thomas M. Hunt, John Hoberman

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On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. His death hours later led to rumors that performance-enhancing drugs were in his system. Though certainly not the first instance of doping in the Olympic Games, Jensen's death serves as the starting point for Thomas M. Hunt's thoroughly researched, chronological history of the modern relationship of doping to the Olympics. Utilizing concepts derived from international relations theory, diplomatic history, and administrative law, this work connects the issue to global political relations.During the Cold War, national…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 231
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990

THOMAS M. HUNT is Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds an appointment as Assistant Director for Academic Affairs at the H. J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports.