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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: 0
Pages: 0
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Turtleback Books
Recounts the story of the Olympics held in Berlin in 1936, and how the Nazis attempted to turn the games into a propaganda tool for their cause.
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: 438
Pages: 438
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"Nazi Games" recounts how the Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. The narrative also includes a stirring account of
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