| Descript |
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sport, a means of national representation / Pierre Arnaud -- Sport and international relations before 1918 / Pierre Arnaud -- 'Nazi Olympics' and the American boycott controversy / Allen Guttmann -- Foreign Office and the Football Association : British sport and appeasement, 1935-1938 / Richard Holt -- Sports policy of the Soviet Union, 1917-1941 / James Riordan -- Role of sport in German international politics, 1918-1945 / Arnd Kru⁺ger -- Spanish sports policy in Republican and Fascist Spain / Teresa Gonzalez Aja -- French sport and the emergence of authoritarian regimes, 1919-1939 / Pierre Arnaud -- Italian sport and international relations under fascism / Angela Teja -- Belgian Catholic gymnastic movement in its international context, 1908-1940 / Jan Tolleneer -- Between revolutionary demands and diplomatic necessity : the uneasy relationship between Soviet sport and worker and bourgeois sport in Europe from 1920 to 1937 / Andre⁺ѓ Gounot -- Interwar sport and interwar relations : some conclusions / Richard Holt. |
| Summary |
Examines the shaping of sports by both the fascist and communist institutions of Europe during the interwar period. It shows how sports were used as an instrument of propaganda and psychological pressure by major political and sporting nations. |
| Note |
English. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Sports and state -- History -- 20th century.
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Sports -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Sports and state -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Sports -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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Sports and state. (OCoLC)fst01130564 |
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Sports -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01130493 |
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064 |
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Sport. |
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Communisme. |
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Fascisme. |
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1900-1999 |
| Alt Author |
Arnaud, Pierre, 1942-
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Riordan, James, 1936-2012.
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| Note |
Subtitle on cover: Impact of fascism and communism on sport |
| ISBN |
0203236815 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203236819 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203476581 |
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0203476581 |
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9780419214403 |
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0419214402 |
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1135816298 |
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9781135816292 |
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1280316446 |
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9781280316449 |
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9786610316441 |
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6610316449 |
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