The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

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The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

Author	: Kay Schiller
File Size	: 44,8 Mb
Publisher	: Univ of California Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 03 August 2010
ISBN	: 9780520262157
Pages	: 366 pages

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The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany by Kay Schiller Book PDF Summary

The 1972 Munich Olympics were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. 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.

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