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

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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.

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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


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

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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.

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