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03202cam a22005294a 4500 001 C5DA3C1E2B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 061212s2007 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006101366 020 $a 0393058840 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780393058840 035 $a (OCoLC)77485879 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d BTCTA $d GK8 $d C#P $d YDXCP $d IXA $d BUR $d VP@ $d NOR $d XXH $d SMP $d CQU $d IOT $d SILO 043 $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a GV722 1936 $b .L37 2007 082 00 $a 796.48 $2 22 100 1 $a Large, David Clay. 245 1 $a Nazi games : $b the Olympics of 1936 / $c David Clay Large. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton, $c 2007. 300 $a xiii, 401 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-377) and index. 505 00 $g "The $t games must go on". $g 1. $t "Faster, higher, stronger" : the modern Olympics from Athens to Amsterdam -- $g 2. $t Enter the Nazis -- $g 3. $t Boycott Berlin! -- $g 4. The $t winter games -- $g 5. $t On to Berlin -- $g 6. $t "Holy flame, burn" : the ceremonial games -- $g 7. $t "Darktown parade" : track and field -- $g 8. $t Of pools, mats, rings and rough waters -- $g 9. $t Olympia -- $t Epilogue : $g "The $t games must go on". 520 $a Athletics and politics collide in a critical event for Nazi Germany and the contemporary world. The Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. The torch relay--that staple of Olympic pageantry--first opened the summer games in 1936 in Berlin. Proposed by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, the relay was to carry the symbolism of a new Germany across its route through southeastern and central Europe. Soon after, the Wehrmacht would march in jackboots over the same terrain. This book offers a blend of history and sport: it includes an account of the international effort to boycott the games, derailed by the American Olympic Committee. It 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, with the Rising Sun of imperial Japan on his bib.--From publisher description. 611 20 $a Olympic Games $n (11th : $d 1936 : $c Berlin, Germany) 650 0 $a Sports $z Germany. 650 0 $a National socialism and sports. 650 0 $a Sports and state $z Germany. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006101366.html 856 42 $3 Book review (H-Net) $u http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f6z9-aa 941 $a 13 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722015433.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528034316.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508014158.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204034228.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110020930.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180502014942.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418060123.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926020404.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20100301073843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C5DA3C1E2B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOTInitiate Another SILO Locator Search