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Author Parks, Jenifer, 1974- author.

Title The Olympic Games, the Soviet sports bureaucracy, and the Cold War : red sport, red tape / Jenifer Parks
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]

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Contents Verbal gymnastics : the Soviet Union enters the Olympic movement -- Leveling the playing field : Soviet sports administrators abroad and international sports exchanges under Khrushchev, 1953-1964 -- Getting things done : Soviet bureaucrats' expanding role in the IOC and Moscow's bid to host the games -- "An exemplary communist city" : preparing Moscow for the 1980 Olympic Games -- A job well done? : welcoming the world to the 1980 Moscow Olympiad
Summary This study examines the Soviet bureaucracy responsible for overseeing Olympic sport during the Cold War. It analyzes how sport administrators used political savvy and professional pragmatism alongside ideological drive to expand participation, maximize chances of success, and achieve Soviet political and diplomatic aims
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Orgkomitet "Olimpiada-80."
Orgkomitet "Olimpiada-80"
SUBJECT Olympic Games (22nd : 1980 : Moscow, Russia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81106979
Olympic Games fast
Subject Sports and state -- Soviet Union -- History
Sports administration -- Soviet Union -- History
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Sports administration
Sports and state
Soviet Union
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016059323
ISBN 9781498541190
1498541194