I read the book by V.Simson and A.Jennings with professional interest, because I am a teacher of the Olympic History in the Kuban State Academy of Physical Education. It is hard to characterize it from one point of view. On my opinion, the book describes the "revers" side of the Olympic Movement and what is very important for readers and especially for researches. Now it is possible to compare the traditional concept of the Olympic Movement (D.Miller, R.MacAloon, N.Müller, J.Lucas, O.Shantz, K.Lennartz and others) with the new facts and data, sometimes very controversal. I can't agree with authors in several items, but the whole book gives us a result of hard work. That's why I recommend my students and now all readers to take this book and to read carefully in order to form their own position about the Olympic Movement and it's future.
