Overshadowed by more flamboyant or tragic Olympics, the 1960 Rome games were a sociopolitical watershed, argues journalist Maraniss (Clemente) in this colorful retrospective. It’s free and takes less than 10 seconds! Each story is compelling--48 years later, I feel minor outrage that Lance Larson wasn't awarded the gold for men's swimming. What better time to read this than now... just before the Olympics of 2008. MODERN

Using the meticulous research and sweeping narrative style that have become his trademark, Maraniss reveals the rich palate of character, competition, and meaning that gave Rome 1960 its singular essence. I don't know that these Olympics changed the world as Mr. Maraniss argues (the 1968 Games in Mexico City or the Munich Games in 1972 have a better claim) but the world has changed since then. We’d love your help. Enjoyed the book but i was surprised and disappointed that no pictures were included in the electronic version.





Zinn has no doubts about where he stands in this "people's history": "it is a history disrespectful of governments and respectful of people's movements of resistance." BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR From the New York Times-bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered comes the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome--17 days that helped define the modern world. Think of it as a "sequel" to books about the controversial Nazi Olympics in which Hitler, Goebbels and Riefenstahl essentially pulled a fast one on Brundage in convincing him to help them celebrate their glorious new Reich. ‧

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; Despite surface similarities, this is not a social history, since we get no sense of the fabric of life. These were the games of Wilma Rudolph. I in fact, almost did not buy the book because it was just not a subject that appealed to me a great deal. Keep on writing David Maraniss and I will keep on reading. translated by


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As a journalist, I'm a longtime follower of new research into that earlier era - and Maraniss picks up the Brundage story in 1960 and pretty much nails the man and his many levels of hypocrisy - and lets us see how this antique figure collided with many of the realities of later-20th-Century culture. Copyright © 2020 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. An independence movement was sweeping sub-Saharan Africa, with fourteen nations in the process of being born. with
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As to the firsts: Maraniss carefully relates stories of the first doping scandal in Olympic history, the advent of anabolic steroid use, the inauguration of the Olympics as a television event—and the first recognition on the part of the U.S. government, it seems, that the Soviets had a point in thinking that “some…sporting victories have had certain propaganda benefits.”, Categories: Before reading this book, I hadn't watched the Olympics in over 20 years. Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 12 years ago. GENERAL CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES (Of course, Brundage somehow managed to continue at the helm through 1972 in Munich, where controversy continued to surround his decisions.) | And yet, I love this book.

Everything You Never Knew You Wanted to Know About The 1960 Olympics.

Howard Zinn GENERAL BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

The world is changing so fast right now that most of us can barely keep up with the daily news that affects our lives, jobs and future. The world as we know it was coming into view. | And civil rights and anticolonialism became conspicuous themes as charismatic black athletes supercharged sprinter Wilma Rudolph, brash boxing phenom Cassius Clay, barefoot Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila grabbed the limelight while the IOC sidestepped the apartheid issue. With the approach of the 2008 Summer Games, "Rome, 1960" takes us back to a simple era, without the terrorism threats, outrageous commerialism and non-stop TV coverage. | | In the heat of the cold war, the city teemed with spies and rumors of defections.



Previous Next . Elie Wiesel In this instance, those episodes take place on and off the field. Marion Wiesel, by When such books come along, they're usually about wars - but not this new gem by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Maraniss. I'd rather knit or read a cozy mystery that I can breeze through in a night.

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