Olympic Games, the Soviet Sports Bureaucracy, and the Cold War - Red Sport, Red Tape

This study examines the Soviet bureaucracy responsible for overseeing Olympic sport during the Cold War. It analyzes how sport administrators used political savvy and professional pragmatism alongside ideological drive to expand participation, maximize chances of success, and achieve Soviet political and diplomatic aims.

Sommario

Chapter 1: Verbal Gymnastics: The Soviet Union Enters the Olympic Movement
Chapter 2: Leveling the Playing Field: Soviet Sports Administrators Abroad and International Sports Exchanges under Khrushchev, 1953-1964
Chapter 3: Getting Things Done: Soviet Bureaucrats' Expanding Role in the IOC and Moscow's Bid to Host the Games
Chapter 4: "An Exemplary Communist City": Preparing Moscow for the 1980 Olympic Games
Chapter 5: A Job Well Done?: Welcoming the World to the 1980 Moscow Olympiad

Info autore

Jenifer Parks is associate professor of history at Rocky Mountain College.

Riassunto

This study examines the Soviet bureaucracy responsible for overseeing Olympic sport during the Cold War. It analyzes how sport administrators used political savvy and professional pragmatism alongside ideological drive to expand participation, maximize chances of success, and achieve Soviet political and diplomatic aims.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jenifer Parks, Parks Jenifer
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781498541183
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4118-3
• Pagine: 232
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; History, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Politics & government, Empires & historical states, Politics and government, USSR, Soviet Union, Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet