LEADER 03477nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910807661103321 005 20240516152828.0 010 $a1-280-67180-7 010 $a9786613648730 010 $a0-7425-6741-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000099714 035 $a(EBL)902584 035 $a(OCoLC)793207514 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000646862 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12243212 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646862 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10605875 035 $a(PQKB)10214762 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000796465 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12386063 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000796465 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10790174 035 $a(PQKB)20552137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC902584 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL902584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10556425 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL364873 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000099714 100 $a20110829d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMunich 1972 $etragedy, terror, and triumph at the Olympic Games /$fDavid Clay Large 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (397 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-7425-6740-0 311 0 $a0-7425-6739-7 327 $aMachine generated contents note: 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter One: The Decision for Munich Chapter 3 Chapter Two: "We Just Slid Into It": Planning and Building for Munich '72 Chapter 4 Chapter Three: On the Eve of the Games Chapter 5 Chapter Four: Let the Games Begin Chapter 6 Chapter Five: Invasion of the Sanctuary Chapter 7 Chapter Six: Battlefield F?rstenfeldbruck Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: The Games Go On. 330 $a"Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling book offers the first comprehensive narrative history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the hostage taking by Palestinian terrorists of Jewish athletes and their tragic deaths after a botched rescue mission by German police. Drawing on a wealth of contemporaneous sources, including recently opened files in the German and Olympic archives, eminent historian David Clay Large offers a comprehensive exploration of the 1972 festival. He interweaves the political drama surrounding the Games with the athletic spectacle in the arena of play, itself hardly free of political controversy. Writing with flair and an eye for telling detail, Large brings to life the stories of the indelible characters who epitomized the Games, ranging from the city itself to the visionaries who brought the Games to Munich against all odds to the athletes, obscure and famous alike. With the Olympic movement in constant danger of terrorist disruption, and with the fortieth anniversary of the 1972 tragedy upon us in 2012, the Munich story is more timely than ever"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aTerrorism$zGermany$zMunich 606 $aAthletes$xViolence against$zGermany$zMunich 606 $aIsraelis$xViolence against$zGermany$zMunich 615 0$aTerrorism 615 0$aAthletes$xViolence against 615 0$aIsraelis$xViolence against 676 $a364.152/30943364 700 $aLarge$b David Clay$0593461 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807661103321 996 $aMunich 1972$93957055 997 $aUNINA