Beyond Boycotts Sport during the Cold War in Europe

• Other Authors: Vonnard, Philippe (Editor), Sbetti, Nicola (Editor), Quin, Grégory (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2018
• Series: Rethinking the Cold War 1
• Subjects: The Cold War; European history; Social & cultural history; Sport history; Cold War; Diplomacy; Entanglements
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Sport during Cold War has recently begun to be studied in more depth. Some scholars have edited a book about the US and Soviet sport diplomacy and show ow the government of these two countries have used sport during this period, notably as a tool of soft power during the Olympic games. Our goal is t...