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Cold War Olympics
- A New Battlefront in Psychological Warfare, 1948-1956
Engelsk Paperback
Cold War Olympics
- A New Battlefront in Psychological Warfare, 1948-1956
Engelsk Paperback

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The political tension of the Cold War bled into the Olympic Games when each side engaged in psychological warfare, exploiting sport for political ends. In Helsinki, the Soviet Union nearly overtook the United States in the medal count. Caught off guard, the U.S. hastened to respond, certain that the Soviets would use a victory at the next Olympics to broadcast their superiority over the Western world.

Following the 1956 suppression of the Hungarian uprising, a Soviet athlete struck a Hungarian opponent in the Melbourne water polo semifinals, turning the pool red. The United States covertly encouraged Eastern Bloc athletes to defect, communist Chinese agents nearly succeeded in goading the Taiwanese government into withdrawing from the games, and a forbidden romance between an American and Czech athlete resulted in a politically complex marriage.

This history describes those stories and more that resulted from the complicated relationship between Cold War politics and the Olympics.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
260
ISBN-13:
9781476686875
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1476686874
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
17 dec 2021
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
224mm
Højde:
151mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
17 dec 2021
Forfatter(e):
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