04701oam 22008054a 450 991081162940332120240430232404.00-252-09845-5(CKB)3710000000653951(EBL)4443554(SSID)ssj0001663589(PQKBManifestationID)16449368(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001663589(PQKBWorkID)14888497(PQKB)10270843(MiAaPQ)EBC4443554(StDuBDS)EDZ0001639874(OCoLC)948297326(MdBmJHUP)muse52021(EXLCZ)99371000000065395120160129d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCold War Games Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy /Toby C Rider1st ed.Urbana, [Illinois] ;Chicago, [Illinois] ;Springfield, [Illinois] :University of Illinois Press,2016.©20161 online resource (257 p.)Sport and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-252-08169-2 0-252-04023-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Cold War, Propaganda, and the State-Private Network; 2 The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Olympic Games; 3 A Campaign of Truth; 4 The Union of Free Eastern European Sportsmen; 5 A New Olympic Challenge; 6 Sports Illustrated and the Melbourne Defection; 7 Symbols of Freedom; 8 Operation Rome; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index"The U.S. Government became increasingly alarmed by Soviet attempts to exploit the Olympic Movement in the early 1950s, and responded to this challenge aggressively. Cold War Game chronicles that response and shows that it was not a replication of the state-directed Soviet sports system, but was instigated through covert psychological warfare operations and overt propaganda distributed to the "free world." In the lead up to and during each Olympic festival throughout this period, the U.S. sent waves of propaganda material across the globe to advocate the American way of life and to denounce communism. It used the Olympic host cities as venues to advertise the American economic and political system; it also attempted to manipulate the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in clandestine ways. Cold War Games describes the emergence of government fears about communist sport in the late 1940s and, crucially, how these fears were channeled into the Olympic Games starting in 1950. It concludes its analysis in 1960 at the end point, in many ways, of covert government initiatives at Olympic festivals. Cold War Games situates sport in the larger discussion of how America was committed to a "total" Cold War by demonstrating that the Olympics Games was embroiled in the U.S. government's own cultural offensive"--Provided by publisher.Sport and society.SPORTS & RECREATION / OlympicsbisacshHISTORY / United States / 20th CenturybisacshNational characteristics, AmericanHistory20th centuryPropaganda, Anti-communistUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCold WarSocial aspectsUnited StatesSportsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySports and stateUnited StatesHistory20th centurySportsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryOlympicsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions1945-United StatesPolitics and government1945-1989Soviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics.HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.National characteristics, AmericanHistoryPropaganda, Anti-communistHistoryCold WarSocial aspectsSportsSocial aspectsHistorySports and stateHistorySportsPolitical aspectsHistoryOlympicsPolitical aspectsHistory796.48HIS036060SPO058000bisacshRider Toby C1622160MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910811629403321Cold War Games3955851UNINA