Jenifer Parks

The Olympic Games, the Soviet Sports Bureaucracy, and the Cold War

Red Sport, Red Tape

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the Soviet bureaucracy responsible for overseeing Olympic sport during the Cold War. It analyzes how sport administrators used political savvy and professional pragmatism alongside ideological drive to expand participation, maximize chances of success, and achieve Soviet political and diplomatic aims.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9781498541206
• ISBN-10: 1498541208
• Artikelnr.: 54371055

Autorenporträt

Jenifer Parks is associate professor of history at Rocky Mountain College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Verbal Gymnastics: The Soviet Union Enters the Olympic Movement
Chapter 2: Leveling the Playing Field: Soviet Sports Administrators Abroad
and International Sports Exchanges under Khrushchev, 1953-1964 Chapter 3:
Getting Things Done: Soviet Bureaucrats' Expanding Role in the IOC and
Moscow's Bid to Host the Games Chapter 4: "An Exemplary Communist City":
Preparing Moscow for the 1980 Olympic Games Chapter 5: A Job Well Done?:
Welcoming the World to the 1980 Moscow Olympiad