| The Nazi Olympics: New Perspectives Rev Edition Contributor(s): Krüger, Anrd (Editor), Murray, William (Editor), Murray, William (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0252028155 ISBN-13: 9780252028151 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2003 Annotation: The 1936 Olympic Games played a key role in the development of both Hitler's Third Reich and international sporting competition. This volume gathers original essays by modern scholars from the Games' most prominent participating countries and lays out the issues--sporting as well as political--Surrounding individual nations' involvement. The Nazi Olympics opens with an analysis of Germany's preparations for the Games and the attempts by the Nazi regime to allay the international concerns about Hitler's racist ideals and expansionist ambitions. Essays follow on the United States, Great Britain, and France--three first-class Olympian nations with misgivings about participation--as well as German ally Italy and future ally Japan. Other essays examine the issues at stake in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands, which opposed Hitler's politics, despite embodying his Aryan ideal. Challenging the view of sport as a trivial pursuit, this collection reveals exactly how high the political stakes were in 1936 and how the Nazi Olympics distilled many of the critical geopolitical issues of the time into a contest that was anything but trivial. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Olympics & Paralympics - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 796.48 |
| LCCN: 2002011803 |
| Series: Sport and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.56" (1.16 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 essays by modern scholars from prominent participating countries and lays out the issues--sporting as well as political--surrounding the involvement of individual nations. The volume opens with an analysis of Germany's preparations for the Games and the attempts by the Nazi regime to allay the international concerns about Hitler's racist ideals and expansionist ambitions. Essays follow on the United States, Great Britain, and France--top-tier Olympian nations with misgivings about participation--as well as Germany's future Axis partners Italy and Japan. Other contributions examine the issues involved for Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Throughout, the authors reveal the high political stakes surrounding the Games and how the Nazi Olympics distilled critical geopolitical issues of the time into a spectacle of sport. |