Cold war games : propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. foreign policy
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Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780252040238 (hardback), 0252040236 (hardback), 9780252081699 (paperback), 0252081692 (paperback)
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x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016].
Language
English
ISBN
9780252040238 (hardback), 0252040236 (hardback), 9780252081699 (paperback), 0252081692 (paperback)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The U.S. Government became increasingly alarmed by Soviet attempts to exploit the Olympic Movement in the early 1950s, and responded to this challenge aggressively. Cold War Game chronicles that response and shows that it was not a replication of the state-directed Soviet sports system, but was instigated through covert psychological warfare operations and overt propaganda distributed to the "free world." In the lead up to and during each Olympic festival throughout this period, the U.S. sent waves of propaganda material across the globe to advocate the American way of life and to denounce communism. It used the Olympic host cities as venues to advertise the American economic and political system; it also attempted to manipulate the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in clandestine ways. Cold War Games describes the emergence of government fears about communist sport in the late 1940s and, crucially, how these fears were channeled into the Olympic Games starting in 1950. It concludes its analysis in 1960 at the end point, in many ways, of covert government initiatives at Olympic festivals. Cold War Games situates sport in the larger discussion of how America was committed to a "total" Cold War by demonstrating that the Olympics Games was embroiled in the U.S. government's own cultural offensive"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
National characteristics, American -- History -- 20th century.
Olympics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Propaganda, Anti-communist -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Sports -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sports -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sports and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
National characteristics, American -- History -- 20th century.
Olympics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Propaganda, Anti-communist -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Sports -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sports -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sports and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rider, T. C. (2016). Cold war games: propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. foreign policy . University of Illinois Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rider, Toby C. 2016. Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy. University of Illinois Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rider, Toby C. Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy University of Illinois Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rider, Toby C. Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy University of Illinois Press, 2016.
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