Berlin Games : How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream Paperback / softback
by Guy Walters
Paperback / softback
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The 1936 Berlin Olympics brought together athletes, politicians, socialites, journalists, soldiers and artists from all over the world.
But behind the scenes, they were a dress rehearsal for the horrors of the forthcoming conflict.
Hitler had secretly decided the Games would showcase Nazi prowess and the unwitting athletes became helpless pawns in his sinister political game.
Berlin Games explores the machinations of a wide cast of characters, including sexually incontinent Nazis, corrupt Olympic officials, transvestite athletes and the mythic figure of Jesse Owens.
By illuminating the dark, controversial recesses of the world's greatest sporting spectacle, Guy Walters throws shocking new light on the whole of Europe's troubled pre-war period.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages, 2x8 pp black and white
- Publisher:John Murray Press
- Publication Date:12/07/2007
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- ISBN:9780719567742
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages, 2x8 pp black and white
- Publisher:John Murray Press
- Publication Date:12/07/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780719567742