Nazi Games The Olympics Of 1936

Name: Nazi Games The Olympics Of 1936
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ISBN: 9780393058840

ISBN-10: 0393058840

ISBN-13: 9780393058840

Edition: 2007

Authors: David Clay Large

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Athletics and politics collide in a critical event for Nazi Germany and the contemporary world. The torch relay--that staple of Olympic pageantry--first opened the summer games in 1936 in Berlin. Proposed by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, the relay was to carry the symbolism of a new Germany across its route through southeastern and central Europe. Soon after the Wehrmacht would march in jackboots over the same terrain. The Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. Nazi Games offers a superb blend of history and sport. The narrative includes a stirring account of the international effort to boycott the games, derailed finally by the American Olympic…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Introduction : a bridge to the ancient Greeks?



"Faster, higher, stronger" : the modern Olympics from Athens to Amsterdam



Enter the Nazis



Boycott Berlin!



The Winter Games



On to Berlin



"Holy flame, burn" : the ceremonial games



"Darktown parade" : track and field



Of pools, mats, rings, and rough waters



Olympia


Epilogue : "the games must go on"