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

Main entry:

Schiller, Kay.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Weimar and now ; 42

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Summary:

The 1972 Munich Olympics were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Palestinians murdered eleven members of the Israeli team. In this cultural and political history of the Munich Olympics, the authors set these games into both the context of 1972 and the history of the modern Olympiad. Delving into newly available documents, they chronicle the impact of the Munich Games on West German society and deliver the first full account of one of the most significant moments in postwar German history. -- Publisher description

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

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

Subject:

Daume, Willi, 1913-1996.
Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany) History.
Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany).
Olympic Games.
Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich)
Jeux olympiques d'été (20 : 1972 : Munich)
Terrorism Germany Munich.
Athletes Violence against Germany Munich.
Terrorisme Allemagne Munich.
Politics and government.
Terrorism.
terrorisme Jeux olympiques d'été (20 ; 1972 ; Munich)
politique Jeux olympiques Allemagne 1972.
Germany Politics and government 20th century.
Allemagne Politique et gouvernement 20e siècle.
Germany.
Germany Munich.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Young, Christopher, 1967-
Weimar and now ; 42.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275240
Call No.: BIB 209302
Status: Available

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