{"product_id":"the-1972-munich-olympics-and-the-making-of-modern-germany-volume-42-hardcover","title":"The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany: Volume 42 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKay Schiller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1972 Munich Olympics--remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team--were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Palestinians murdered 11 members of the Israeli team. In the first cultural and political history of the Munich Olympics, Kay Schiller and Christopher Young set these Games into both the context of 1972 and the history of the modern Olympiad. Delving into newly available documents, Schiller and Young chronicle the impact of the Munich Games on West German society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchiller and Young have looked with more care and greater acuity than any of their predecessors at all the chief actors at every level within the German government and within the Olympic movement. If that were all that they had accomplished, they would deserve unstinting admiration, but they have taken the almost unmanageable mass of information and turned it into a lively, engaging, insightful narrative, which places the Games at the very centre of modern German history.--Allen Guttmann, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Olympics: A History of the Modern Games\u003c\/i\u003e and recipient of the International Olympics Committee President's Award for historical scholarship \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great strength of this stimulating, far-reaching book lies in its ability to excavate the uncanny proximity between the 1972 Munich Olympics and the 1936 Berlin games and between the 1972 tragedy and our own imperfect effort to somehow both ignore and fight terror.--Peter Fritzsche, author of \u003ci\u003eLife and Death in the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is nothing short of a tour de force on every conceivable level: the breadth of its topics, the depth of its research, the elegance of its writing, the acuity of its argumentation. It is a must read for anybody interested in the Olympics and sports; just as it is for those wanting to learn exquisite details and appreciate wondrous insights about German politics and society; the relationship between East and West (in Germany, Europe and the world); German-Jewish-Israeli-Arab relations; city planning; the Sixties and their legacies to mention just some salient dimensions of this immensely rich book. I remain awed by this work.--Andrei S. Markovits, co-author of \u003ci\u003eGaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchiller and Young have looked with more care and greater acuity than any of their predecessors at all the chief actors at every level within the German government and within the Olympic movement. If that were all that they had accomplished, they would deserve unstinting admiration, but they have taken the almost unmanageable mass of information and turned it into a lively, engaging, insightful narrative, which places the Games at the very centre of modern German history.--Allen Guttmann, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Olympics: A History of the Modern Games\u003c\/i\u003e and recipient of the International Olympics Committee President's Award for historical scholarship \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The great strength of this stimulating, far-reaching book lies in its ability to excavate the uncanny proximity between the 1972 Munich Olympics and the 1936 Berlin games and between the 1972 tragedy and our own imperfect effort to somehow both ignore and fight terror.\"--Peter Fritzsche, author of \u003ci\u003eLife and Death in the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is nothing short of a tour de force on every conceivable level: the breadth of its topics, the depth of its research, the elegance of its writing, the acuity of its argumentation. It is a must read for anybody interested in the Olympics and sports; just as it is for those wanting to learn exquisite details and appreciate wondrous insights about German politics and society; the relationship between East and West (in Germany, Europe and the world); German-Jewish-Israeli-Arab relations; city planning; the Sixties and their legacies to mention just some salient dimensions of this immensely rich book. I remain awed by this work.\"--Andrei S. Markovits, co-author of \u003ci\u003eGaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKay Schiller\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in History at Durham University. His books on German-Jewish refugee scholars during National Socialism include \u003ci\u003eGelehrte Gegenwelten\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWeltoffener Humanismus\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Gerald Hartung). \u003cb\u003eChristopher Young\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Modern and Medieval German Studies and Head of the Department of German and Dutch at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNarrativische Perspektiven in Wolframs Willehalm\u003c\/i\u003e and a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHistory of the German Language through Texts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45425676484710,"sku":"9780520262133","price":147.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SDlPKy9FMEdmNk41eFVCQzZaQWFmZz09.webp?v=1775620176","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-1972-munich-olympics-and-the-making-of-modern-germany-volume-42-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}