Balkan Games and Balkan Politics in the Interwar Years 1929 1939 - Politicians in Pursuit of Peace

List of contents

1. Prologue: Argument – the Balkan Games and Political Purpose 2. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Twentieth Century: the Positive and Negative Roles of Sport in Trans-National Relations 3. Balkan Politics: Relations Between the Balkan States in the Interwar Years and the Role of the Great Powers in the Region 4. Sport in the Balkans Prior to the Early 1930's 5. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Balkans: the Balkan Games From 1929 to 1932 6. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Balkans: the Balkan Games From 1933 to 1935 7. Sport, Politics and International Relations in the Balkans: the Balkan Games From 1936 to 1939 8. Epilogue: Recapitulation - the Balkan Games as an Instrument of Political Purpose

About the author

Penelope Kissoudi is affiliated with the University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Summary

The study discusses the role of the Balkan Games in the interwar years in promoting goodwill and cooperation between antagonist states in a Balkan scene of long established suspicion, traditional hostility and territorial claims.

Product details

• Authors: Penelope Kissoudi, Penelope (University of Thessaloniki Kissoudi, Kissoudi Penelope
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138880450
• ISBN: 978-1-138-88045-0
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Sport in the Global Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, European History, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General