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More Than Just Games: Canada and the 1936 Olympics

More Than Just Games: Canada and the 1936 Olympics

Menkis, Richard
Troper, Harold

Paperback

Canadian HistoryGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1442626909
ISBN13: 9781442626904
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: May 15 2015
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Held in Germany, the 1936 Olympic Games sparked international controversy. Should athletes and nations boycott the games to protest the Nazi regime? More Than Just Games is the history of Canada's involvement in the 1936 Olympics. It is the story of the Canadian Olympic officials and promoters who were convinced that national unity and pride demanded that Canadian athletes compete in the Olympics without regard for politics. It is the story of those Canadian athletes, mostly young and far more focused on sport than politics, who were eager to make family, friends, and country proud of their efforts on Canada's behalf. And, finally, it is the story of those Canadians who led an unsuccessful campaign to boycott the Olympics and deny Nazi Germany the propaganda coup of serving as an Olympic host.

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