{"product_id":"bidding-for-the-1968-olympic-heather-l-dichter-9781625345950","title":"Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games: International Sport's Cold War Battle with NATO","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize from the British Society of Sports History \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e During the Cold War, political tensions associated with the division of Germany came to influence the world of competitive sport. In the 1950s, West Germany and its NATO allies refused to recognize the communist East German state and barred its national teams from sporting competitions. The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 further exacerbated these pressures, with East German teams denied travel to several world championships. These tensions would only intensify in the run-up to the 1968 Olympics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003e Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games\u003c\/i\u003e, Heather L. Dichter considers how NATO and its member states used sport as a diplomatic arena during the height of the Cold War, and how international sport responded to political interference. Drawing on archival materials from NATO, foreign ministries, domestic and international sport functionaries, and newspapers, Dichter examines controversies surrounding the 1968 Summer and Winter Olympic Games, particularly the bidding process between countries to host the events. As she demonstrates, during the Cold War sport and politics became so intertwined that they had the power to fundamentally transform each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather L. Dichter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162534595X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625345950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022","brand":"Heather L. Dichter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993029345535,"sku":"9781625345950","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a988894-4c6b-4a95-85cf-8e748143a7c6.jpg?v=1683322131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bidding-for-the-1968-olympic-heather-l-dichter-9781625345950","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}