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Language: en
Pages: 438
Pages: 438
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Language: en
Pages: 385
Pages: 385
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-09-15 - Publisher: Pen and Sword
This “startlingly good and vividly illuminating book” sheds new light on the Fascist sports spectacle that transfixed the world (The Spectator). For two wee
Language: en
Pages: 314
Pages: 314
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-08 - Publisher: The History Press
The Berlin Olympic Games, more than 70 years on, remain the most controversial ever held. This book creates a vivid account of the disputes, the personalities,
Language: en
Pages: 364
Pages: 364
Type: BOOK - Published: 1971 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
This book is an expose of one of the most bizarre festivals in sport history. It provides portraits of key figures including Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Leni Rie
Language: en
Pages: 277
Pages: 277
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-01 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
The 1936 Olympic Games played a key role in the development of both Hitler’s Third Reich and international sporting competition. The Nazi Olympics gathers ess