Forman's Games : The Dark Underside of the London Olympics [1 ed.] 9781785901249, 9781785901157

Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London 9780813562032

The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibiti

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Legacy: Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics 9781448217410, 9781448217427

When billions poured into the neglected east London borough hosting the 2012 Olympics, a turf war broke out between crim

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The Sarajevo Olympics: A History of the 1984 Winter Games [1 ed.] 9781613763667, 9781625341648

To most observers, the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, were an unmitigated success. That year, the unlikel

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More than Just Games: Canada and the 1936 Olympics 9781442620513

More than Just Games brings to life the collision of politics, patriotism, and the passion of sport on the eve of the Se

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Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia 1317813170, 9781317813170

President Vladimir Putin’s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics

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Games of Discontent: Protests, Boycotts, and Politics at the 1968 Mexico Olympics 9780228006947, 0228006945

The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States,

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Thinking from the Underside of History 9781461666677

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Onward to the Olympics : Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games [1 ed.] 9781554581290, 9781554580422

The Olympic Games have had two lives--the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to

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Games of Discontent: Protests, Boycotts, and Politics at the 1968 Mexico Olympics 9780228006930

What was behind the black power salute, boycotts, and political battles that characterized the 1968 Summer Olympics? D

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Crime Wave: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A.

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