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02663aam a2200349Ia 4500 001 05E4B2C4C97F11E5960577D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160202010528 008 070313r20072006nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0060874139 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780060874131 (pbk.) 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d BAKER $d IUK $d YDXCP $d SINLB $d CGN $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d OCLCO $d MHR $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d IOL $d SILO 043 $a e-gx--- 050 4 $a GV722 1936 $b .W35 2006 082 04 $a 796.48 $2 22 100 1 $a Walters, Guy. 245 10 $a Berlin games : $b how the nazis stole the Olympic dream / $c Guy Walters. 250 $a 1st Harper Perennial ed. 260 $a New York : $b Perennial, $c 2007, c2006. 300 $a xiii, 368 : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Sporting spirit -- 'A party in such a house may not be a pleasant experience' -- A winter warm-up -- On their marks -- Getting set -- Iberian interlude -- Going there -- The opening -- The first week -- In the sight of the heathen -- The second week -- The legacy. 520 $a "In 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. It promised to be not only a magnificent sporting event, but also a grand showcase for the rebuilt Germany. No effort was spared to present the Third Reich as the newest global power. But beneath the glittering surface, the Games of the Eleventh Olympiad of the Modern Era came to act as a crucible for the dark political forces that were gathering, foreshadowing the bloody conflict to come. The 1936 Olympics were nothing less than the most political sporting event of the last century -- an epic clash between proponents of barbarism and those of civilization, both of whom tried to use the Games to promote their own values. Berlin Games is the complete history of those fateful two weeks in August. It is a story of the athletes and their accomplishments, an eye-opening account of the Nazi machine's brazen attempt to use the Games as a model of Aryan superiority and fascist efficiency, and a devastating indictment of the manipulative power games of politicians, diplomats, and Olympic officials that would ultimately have profound consequences for the entire world"--P. [4] of cover. 611 20 $a Olympic Games $n (11th : $d 1936 : $c Berlin, Germany) 650 0 $a Olympics $x Political aspects. 651 0 $a Germany $x History $y 1933-1945. 611 27 $a Olympic Games. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01408249 648 7 $a 1933 - 1945 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926091305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=05E4B2C4C97F11E5960577D3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOLInitiate Another SILO Locator Search