The Olympic Games, the Soviet sports bureaucracy, and the Cold War : red sport, red tape /
This study examines the Soviet bureaucracy responsible for overseeing Olympic sport during the Cold War. It analyzes how sport administrators used political savvy and professional pragmatism alongside ideological drive to expand participation, maximize chances of success, and achieve Soviet politica...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2017]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781498541190 1498541194 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Verbal gymnastics : the Soviet Union enters the Olympic movement
- Leveling the playing field : Soviet sports administrators abroad and international sports exchanges under Khrushchev, 1953-1964
- Getting things done : Soviet bureaucrats' expanding role in the IOC and Moscow's bid to host the games
- "An exemplary communist city" : preparing Moscow for the 1980 Olympic Games
- A job well done? : welcoming the world to the 1980 Moscow Olympiad.