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Author:

Schiller, Kay.

Title:

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the making of modern Germany / Kay Schiller and Christopher Young.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Olympic Games--(20th :--1972 :--Munich, Germany)--History.
Terrorism--Munich.--Munich.
Athletes--Violence against--Munich.--Munich.
Germany--Politics and government--20th century.

Other Authors:

Young, Christopher, 1967-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Urban, state, and national capital: buying, paying for, and selling the games -- The legacy of Berlin 1936 and the German past: problems and possibilities -- Germany on the drawing board: architecture, design, and ceremony -- After "1968": 1972 and the youth of the world -- East versus west: German-German sporting tensions from Hallstein to Ostpolitik -- The end of the games: Germany, the Middle East, and the terrorist attack -- Conclusion: Olympic legacies.

Series:

Weimar and now ; 42.

ISBN:

0520262158 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520262157 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520262131 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520262133 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)526809162

LCCN:

2010004934

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)