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Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Toby C. Rider
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Description for Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Paperback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
It is the early Cold War. The Soviet Union appears to be in irresistible ascendance, and moves to exploit the Olympic Games as a vehicle for promoting international communism. In response, the United States conceives a subtle, far-reaching psychological warfare campaign to blunt the Soviet advance. Drawing on newly declassified materials and archives, Toby C. Rider chronicles how the US government used the Olympics to promote democracy and its own policy aims during the tense early phase of the Cold War. Rider shows how the government, though constrained by traditions against interference in the Games, eluded detection by ... Read more
It is the early Cold War. The Soviet Union appears to be in irresistible ascendance, and moves to exploit the Olympic Games as a vehicle for promoting international communism. In response, the United States conceives a subtle, far-reaching psychological warfare campaign to blunt the Soviet advance. Drawing on newly declassified materials and archives, Toby C. Rider chronicles how the US government used the Olympics to promote democracy and its own policy aims during the tense early phase of the Cold War. Rider shows how the government, though constrained by traditions against interference in the Games, eluded detection by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Sport and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252081699
SKU
V9780252081699
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About Toby C. Rider
Toby C. Rider is an assistant professor of kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton.
Reviews for Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Rider provides an in-depth expose of the considerable value granted to athletic success... Highly recommended.
Choice A particularly fascinating piece of diplomatic history.
Diplomat Magazine Throughout his well-written examination of these matters, Rider exhibits considerable skill as an historian. . . . With Cold War Games, Rider has contributed an essential work ... Read more
Choice A particularly fascinating piece of diplomatic history.
Diplomat Magazine Throughout his well-written examination of these matters, Rider exhibits considerable skill as an historian. . . . With Cold War Games, Rider has contributed an essential work ... Read more