Munich 1972

Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games

Bibliographic Data

ID19905455
AuthorsDavid Clay Large (corresponding author)
Year2012
Pages394
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMunich 1972 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5771/9780742567412
OpenAlexW4407769853
Open LibraryOL25018946M
ISBN9780742567412
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling book provides the first comprehensive history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the abduction of Israeli Olympians by Palestinian terrorists and the hostages’ tragic deaths after a botched rescue mission by the German police. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources from the time, eminent historian David Clay Large explores the 1972 festival in all its ramifications. He interweaves the political drama surrounding the Games with the athletic spectacle in the arena of play, itself hardly free of controversy. Writing with flair and an eye for telling detail, Large brings to life the stories of the indelible characters who epitomized the Games. Key figures range from the city itself, the visionaries who brought the Games to Munich against all odds, and of course to the athletes themselves, 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

Political science · American Sports and Literature · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Athletes · foreign countries · Germany · Israelis · Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad · Munich · Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich · Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82111974 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n82111974 · Olympics · Social conditions · Terrorism · Violence against

Tools

Open DOILibgen