The Olympic Games, the Soviet sports bureaucracy, and the Cold War : red sport, red tape /
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| Author / Creator: | Parks, Jenifer, 1974- author. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017] |
| Description: | xxvi, 205 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10955962 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Verbal Gymnastics: The Soviet Union Enters the Olympic Movement
- 2. Leveling the Playing Field: Soviet Sports Administrators Abroad and International Sports Exchanges under Khrushchev, 1953-1964
- 3. Getting Things Done: Soviet Bureaucrats' Expanding Role in the IOC and Moscow's Bid to Host the Games
- 4. "An Exemplary Communist City": Preparing Moscow for the 1980 Olympic Games
- 5. A Job Well Done?: Welcoming the World to the 1980 Moscow Olympiad
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
