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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	April 2007
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
ISBN:	9780393058840
EAN-Code:	9780393058840
Verlag:	W. W. Norton & Company
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 240 mm / B 161 mm / D 29 mm
Gewicht:	893 gr
Seiten:	424
Zus. Info:	HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
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Inhalt:

The Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. Nazi Games offers a superb blend of history and sport. The narrative includes a stirring account of the international effort to boycott the games, derailed finally by the American Olympic Committee and the determination of its head, Avery Brundage, to participate. Nazi Games also recounts the dazzling athletic feats of these Olympics, including Jesse Owens's four gold-medal performances and the marathon victory of Korean runner Kitei Son, the Rising Sun of imperial Japan on his bib.