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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Романов, А. Ю. author. А.Ю. Романов. ; A I︠U︡ Romanov |
ISBN: | 9785806427459 5806427455 |
OCLC Number: | 1143809229 |
Description: | volumes ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | A.I︠U︡. Romanov. |
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Excellent text for sport history class
The book examines the interrelationships of sports and politics during the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s. The author argues that sport was an important symbol for both blocks in their ongoing ideological struggle. The book analyzes how American and Soviet governments not...
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The book examines the interrelationships of sports and politics during the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s. The author argues that sport was an important symbol for both blocks in their ongoing ideological struggle. The book analyzes how American and Soviet governments not only regulated athletics, but also used sports as a means to advance their national interest in the international arena, which was reflected in many sporting events during the Cold War, particularly at the Olympic Games. Readers will learn how the USSR joined the Olympic movement in 1952 and ended American dominance in the world of sports, how the US State Department tried to win hearts and minds of peoples of Africa and South America by funding ‘good will’ tours of American athletes, about uneasy athletic relations between the USSR and Peoples Republic of China, about the introduction of gender testing in sports caused by the Cold War rivalry, and many other things in the world of sport. It is also a great text to practice your reading skills in Russian.
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