Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.
Contents
Sport, the state, and international politics -- The rise of international sports organizations -- Democracy and international sport : the United States -- "Americanizing" the Olympic games : Los Angeles, 1932 -- Dictatorship and international sport : Nazi Germany -- Between Nazism and Olympism : Berlin, 1936 -- The Soviet Union and the triumph of soccer.
