Cold War Olympics: A New Battlefront in Psychological Warfare, 1948-1956 - Couverture souple

Blutstein, Harry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1476686874 ISBN 13 : 9781476686875

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2021

Synopsis

The political tension of the Cold War bled into the Olympic Games when each side engaged in psychological warfare, exploiting sport for political ends. In Helsinki, the Soviet Union nearly overtook the United States in the medal count. Caught off guard, the U.S. hastened to respond, certain that the Soviets would use a victory at the next Olympics to broadcast their superiority over the Western world.

Following the 1956 suppression of the Hungarian uprising, a Soviet athlete struck a Hungarian opponent in the Melbourne water polo semifinals, turning the pool red. The United States covertly encouraged Eastern Bloc athletes to defect, communist Chinese agents nearly succeeded in goading the Taiwanese government into withdrawing from the games, and a forbidden romance between an American and Czech athlete resulted in a politically complex marriage.

This history describes those stories and more that resulted from the complicated relationship between Cold War politics and the Olympics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Author and freelance journalist, Harry Blutstein is also a fellow at the University of Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1476686874
• ISBN 13: 9781476686875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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