A collection of essays exploring the relationship between sport and war, bringing together established authors that include Peter Beck, Hans Bonde, J.A. Mangan and Gertrud Pfister, and emerging authors such as Penelope Kissoudi, Orestis Kustrin, Callum McKenzie and Roberta Vescovi.
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J.A. Mangan is Director of the International Research Centre for Sport, Socialization and Society at the De Montfort University (Bedford), and author and editor of many books. He is founder and General Editor of the Cass series Sport in the Global Society and founding and executive academic editor of the Cass journals The International Journal of the History of Sport; Culture, Sport, Society; Soccer and Society; and The European Sports History Review.
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'The aim of the realistic novelist', Guy de Maupassant once claimed, 'is not to tell a story, to amuse us or to appeal to our feelings but to compel us to reflect, and to understand the darker and deeper meanings of events'.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mass fitness, sporting relations, welfare supervisors, fitness project, recreation report, gender duality, fitness complex, sport system, gladiatorial spectacles, del regime, sporting spirit, fitness concept, sports leaders, rational recreation, military drill, international sport Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First World War, East German, Frank Cass, Olympic Games, Soviet Union, Die Dorier, George Orwell, Board of Education, Foreign Office, Education Act, Miss Jayne, Communist Party, Council of Ministers, Niels Bukh, Targeting Schools, League of Nations, Lloyd George, New York, Philip Noel-Baker, Second World War, West German, Boer War, Football Association, Great Britain, Guts Muths New!
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'The aim of the realistic novelist', Guy de Maupassant once claimed, 'is not to tell a story, to amuse us or to appeal to our feelings but to compel us to reflect, and to understand the darker and deeper meanings of events'.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mass fitness, sporting relations, welfare supervisors, fitness project, recreation report, gender duality, fitness complex, sport system, gladiatorial spectacles, del regime, sporting spirit, fitness concept, sports leaders, rational recreation, military drill, international sport Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First World War, East German, Frank Cass, Olympic Games, Soviet Union, Die Dorier, George Orwell, Board of Education, Foreign Office, Education Act, Miss Jayne, Communist Party, Council of Ministers, Niels Bukh, Targeting Schools, League of Nations, Lloyd George, New York, Philip Noel-Baker, Second World War, West German, Boer War, Football Association, Great Britain, Guts Muths New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Superman Supreme: Fascist Body as Political Icon - Global Fascism (Sport in the Global Society) by J A Mangan on 6 pages
- Sport in Europe: Politics, Class, Gender (Sport in the Global Society) by J A Mangan on 6 pages
- Emperors and Gladiators by Thomas Wiedemann on 5 pages
- Tribal Identities: Nationalism, Europe, Sport (Sport in the Global Society) by J A Mangan on 4 pages
- Cruelty and Civilization: The Roman Games by Roland Auguet on page 22, page 24, and Back Matter
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