{"product_id":"the-whole-world-was-watching-sport-in-the-cold-war-hardback-9781503610187","title":"The Whole World Was Watching; Sport in the Cold War (Hardback) 9781503610187","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Whole World Was Watching\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSport in the Cold War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Edelman (Edited by), Christopher Young (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503610187\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 December 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.682 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This insightful collection of essays shows how the Cold War was fought out on ice, on the football and baseball fields, in boxing rings, and in Olympic stadiums. A fantastic contribution to both the history of sport and the history of the Cold War.\"—Sergey Radchenko, Cardiff University \"This superb collection of essays should lay to rest any doubts about sport's place as a uniquely significant and powerful force in the cultural Cold War. The editors' scope is ambitious, and contributors bring nuance to the complex issues of global politics at play in every sprint, shot, and stroke.\"—Rita Liberti, Cal State East Bay \"The Cold War wends its way through almost every aspect of post-WWII sports history but is so rarely considered as a whole. It is a great pleasure, then, to see the many disparate strands of the sporting front of the conflict brought together in this book with such acuity.\"—David Goldblatt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Games: A Global History of the Olympics\u003c\/i\u003e \"Providing a more comprehensive analysis than the standard considerations of the US-USSR rivalry or the Olympics, this book fills the gap for a \"go-to\" text on the role of sports in the Cold War....highly recommended for anyone interested in the history, sport history, or culture of the Cold War.\"—A. Curtis, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Whole World Was Watching\u003c\/i\u003e is a multifaceted analysis of sport as an instrument of soft power. It is not only about the impact states make in international contests. It is also about how actions of sportswomen and sportsmen made sense in the ideological dimension of the Cold War.\"—Kristian Gerner, \u003ci\u003eidrottsforum.org\u003c\/i\u003e \"This compilation is well worth the time of Cold War scholars and anyone with a passing interest in international sports. Each essay is concise, yet well-sourced and informative. Taken as a whole, the authors present a clear case as to why and how sports factored into the cultural Cold War; in other words, why the whole world was watching.\"—Erin Redihan, \u003ci\u003eThe New England Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e \"The volume achieves its goal of moving away from U.S.-Soviet centric binaries of the Cold War and makes a strong case for including sport in Cold War studies. The chapters are engagingly written and represent new perspectives on Cold War culture and politics. The volume is accessible and raises important discussion points for students and scholars interested in the Cold War and sport.\"—Susan Grant, \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture—and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the symbolic capital of athletic endeavor held up a mirror to the global contest for the sympathies of citizens worldwide. \u003ci\u003eThe Whole World Was Watching\u003c\/i\u003e examines Cold War rivalries through the lens of sporting activities and competitions across Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. The essays in this volume consider sport as a vital sphere for understanding the complex geopolitics and cultural politics of the time, not just in terms of commerce and celebrity, but also with respect to shifting notions of race, class, and gender. Including contributions from an international lineup of historians, this volume suggests that the analysis of sport provides a valuable lens for understanding both how individuals experienced the Cold War in their daily lives, and how sports culture in turn influenced politics and diplomatic relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Explaining Cold War Sport\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Robert Edelman and Christopher Young\u003cbr\u003e  1. The State-Private Network: Overt and Covert US Intervention in Early Cold War Sport\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Toby C. Rider\u003cbr\u003e  2. \"\u003cbr\u003eNo Quarrel with Them Vietcong\"\u003cbr\u003e: Muhammad Ali's Cold War\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Elliott J. Gorn\u003cbr\u003e  3. Breaking the Ice: Alexei Kosygin and the Secret Background of the 1972 Hockey Summit Series\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-James Hershberg\u003cbr\u003e  4. Action in the Era of Stagnation: Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet Olympic Dream\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Mikhail Prozumenshikov\u003cbr\u003e  5. Soccer Artistry and the Secret Police: Georgian Football in the Multiethnic Soviet Empire\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Erik R. Scott\u003cbr\u003e  6. Russian Fever Pitch: Global Fandom, Youth Culture, and the Public Sphere in the Late Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Manfred Zeller\u003cbr\u003e  7. Eulogy to Theft: Berliner FC Dynamo, East German Football, and the End of Communism\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Alan McDougall\u003cbr\u003e  8. Sports, Politics, and \"\u003cbr\u003eWild Doping\"\u003cbr\u003e in the East German Sporting \"\u003cbr\u003eMiracle\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Mike Dennis\u003cbr\u003e  9. \"\u003cbr\u003eThe Most Beautiful Face of Socialism\"\u003cbr\u003e: Katarina Witt and the Sexual Politics of Sport in the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Annette F. Timm\u003cbr\u003e  10. Learning from the Soviet Big Brother: The Early Years of Sport in the People's Republic of China\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Amanda Shuman\u003cbr\u003e  11. \"\u003cbr\u003eThe Communist Bandits Have Been Repudiated\"\u003cbr\u003e: Cold War–Era Sport in Taiwan\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Andrew D. Morris\u003cbr\u003e  12. New Regional Order: Sport, Cold War Culture, and the Making of Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Simon Creak\u003cbr\u003e  13. Negotiating Colonial Repression: African Footballers in Salazar's Portugal\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Todd Cleveland\u003cbr\u003e  14. Deflected Confrontations: Cold War Baseball in the Caribbean\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Rob Ruck\u003cbr\u003e  15. 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