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The Nazi Olympics
Mandell
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Description for The Nazi Olympics
paperback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
The Nazi Olympics is the unsurpassed exposé of one of the most bizarre festivals in sport history. Not only does it provide incisive portraits of such key figures as Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Leni Riefenstahl, Helen Stephens, Kee Chung Sohn, and Avery Brundage, it also vividly conveys the entire dazzling charade that reinforced and mobilized the hysterical patriotism of the German masses.
The Nazi Olympics is the unsurpassed exposé of one of the most bizarre festivals in sport history. Not only does it provide incisive portraits of such key figures as Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Leni Riefenstahl, Helen Stephens, Kee Chung Sohn, and Avery Brundage, it also vividly conveys the entire dazzling charade that reinforced and mobilized the hysterical patriotism of the German masses.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Sport and Society
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252013256
SKU
V9780252013256
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About Mandell
Richard D. Mandell (d. 2013) was a professor of history at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of The First Modern Olympics and Sport: A Cultural History.
Reviews for The Nazi Olympics
"Covers not merely the games themselves but the history of the modern games, Europe in the 1930s, the debates over United States participation, the role of the games in Nazi propaganda efforts, and even a critique of filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's career. Mandell's comments on these issues are always interesting and worthwhile. . . . Few American historians could equal his ... Read more