Sport and international politics /
Sport and international politics /
Subtitle on cover: Impact of fascism and communism on sport
edited by Pierre Arnaud and James Riordan.
- x, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Sport - a means of national representation -- Sport and international relations before 1918 -- The 'Nazi Olympics' and the American boycott controversy -- The Foreign Office and the Football Association: British sport and appeasement, 1935-1938 -- The sports policy of the Soviet Union, 1917-1941 -- The role of sport in German international politics, 1918-1945 -- Spanish sports policy in Republican and Fascist Spain -- French sport and the emergence of authoritarian regimes, 1919-1939 -- Italian sport and international relations under fascism -- The Belgian Catholic gymnastic movement in its international context, 1908-1940 -- Between revolutionary demands and diplomatic necessity: the uneasy relationship between Soviet sport and worker and bourgeois sport in Europe from 1920 to 1937 -- Interwar sport and interwar relations: some conclusions -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
0419214402 9780419214403
98189017
Sports and state--History--20th century.
Sports and state--History--Europe--20th century.
GV706.35. / S58 1998
306.483
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Sport - a means of national representation -- Sport and international relations before 1918 -- The 'Nazi Olympics' and the American boycott controversy -- The Foreign Office and the Football Association: British sport and appeasement, 1935-1938 -- The sports policy of the Soviet Union, 1917-1941 -- The role of sport in German international politics, 1918-1945 -- Spanish sports policy in Republican and Fascist Spain -- French sport and the emergence of authoritarian regimes, 1919-1939 -- Italian sport and international relations under fascism -- The Belgian Catholic gymnastic movement in its international context, 1908-1940 -- Between revolutionary demands and diplomatic necessity: the uneasy relationship between Soviet sport and worker and bourgeois sport in Europe from 1920 to 1937 -- Interwar sport and interwar relations: some conclusions -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
0419214402 9780419214403
98189017
Sports and state--History--20th century.
Sports and state--History--Europe--20th century.
GV706.35. / S58 1998
306.483