Happy Olympic Games! Are you ready to run rings around the season of sports? Mark the lighting of the torch with this Olympian collection of titles on the history and ever-enduring ethos of the Games and the Herculean athletes at the heart of them.
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Paris 1924 Sport, Art and the Body
Edited by Caroline Vout & Christopher Young
PB | 9781913645601 | £30.00 £24.00 | Find out more
This catalogue sheds new light on the Paris Olympics of 1924, often considered the first international games. From their origins in ancient Greece to their modern transformation into a visually powerful event on the world stage, the Olympics have retained their unique place in sport and culture. Published to coincide with the Paris Olympics of 2024, the book accompanies a major exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Diplomatic Games Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945
Edited by Heather L Dichter & Andrew L Johns
PB · HB | 9780813180281 · 9780813145648 | £32.00 · £63.00 | Find out more
In Diplomatic Games, a team of international scholars examines how the nexus of sport and foreign relations has driven political and cultural change since 1945, demonstrating how governments have used athletic competition to maintain and strengthen alliances, promote policies, and increase national prestige.
Soccer Diplomacy International Relations and Football since 1914
Edited by Heather L Dichter
HB | 9780813179513 | £36.00 | Find out more
In Soccer Diplomacy, an international group of experts analyzes the relationship between soccer and diplomacy. Together, they investigate topics such as the use of soccer as a tool of nation-state – based diplomacy, soccer as a non-state actor, and the relationship between soccer and diplomatic actors in subnational, national, and transnational contexts.
The Olympics and Philosophy
Heather L Reid & Michael W Austin
PB | 9780813136486 | £36.00 | Find out more
The Olympics and Philosophy examines the Olympic Movement from a variety of theoretical perspectives to uncover the connection between athleticism and philosophy for a deeper appreciation of the Olympic Pillars of Sport, Environment, and Culture. While today’s Olympic champions are neither blessed by the gods nor rewarded with wreaths of olive, the original spirit and ancient ideals of the Olympic Movement endure in its modern embodiment.
Flyer Don Finlay DFC AFC; Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot and double Olympic medallist
Andrew White
HB | 9781838068721 | £25.00 £17.50 | Find out more
The story of Donald Finlay DFC AFC, a double Olympic medallist, European Champion, and Empire (Commonwealth) Champion, competing at the very highest levels of international athletics at the same time as pursuing his demanding career as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War.
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