Beyond boycotts : sport during the Cold War in Europe / edited by Philippe Vonnard, Nicola Sbetti, Gregory Quin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vonnard, Philippe, Editor.

Contributor:

Vonnard, Philippe, editor.

Sbetti, Nicola, editor.

Quin, Grégory, editor.

Series:

Rethinking the Cold War ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Europe--History--20th century.

Sports.

Europe--History--20th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Philippe Vonnard, University of Lausanne; Nicola Sbetti, University of Bologna; Grégory Quin, University of Lausanne

Summary:

Sport during Cold War has recently begun to be studied in more depth. Some scholars have edited a book about the US and Soviet sport diplomacy and show ow the government of these two countries have used sport during this period, notably as a tool of "soft power" during the Olympic games. Our goal is to continue in this direction and to focus more on the sport field as a place of exchanges during the Cold War. Regarding this point, our aim is to show that there were events "beyond boycotts"many and that unknown connections existed inside sport. Morevoer, many actors were involved in these exchanges. Thus, it is important not only to focus on the action of States, but also on private actors (international sporting bodies and journalists), considering that they acted around sport (an "apolitic" field) as it was tool to maintain links between the two blocs. Our project offers a good opportunity for young scholars to present original research based on new materials (notably the use of institutional or personals archives). Morevoer, it is also a step forward with a view to conduct research within a global history paradigm, one that is still underused in sport academic fields.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface and Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Introduction / Vonnard, Philippe / Sbetti, Nicola / Quin, Grégory

First Part. Creating relations between European states. Sport as tool of diplomacy

Playing at the border of the Cold War / Sbetti, Nicola

An Even Colder War? / Svensson, Daniel / Åberg, Anna

Athletes of Diplomacy / Simón, Juan Antonio

Second part. A European space of exchanges. Crossing the Iron Curtain with sport

The emergence of Europe-wide collaboration and competition / Dufraisse, Sylvain

Building bridges between separated Europeans / Vonnard, Philippe / Marston, Kevin

Cooperation and conflict / Scholl, Stefan

Third Part. Globalizing sport. Europe as a site of international sporting diplomacy

"Shooting Hoops with Foreign Teams" / Doppler-Speranza, François

The Ghana Young Pioneers / Nicolas, Claire

"The Russian deadpan expert" vs "America's white hope" / Naha, Souvik

A forgotten "ping-pong diplomacy"? / Tonnerre, Quentin / Quin, Grégory

Afterword / Polley, Martin

Bibliography

Contributors (by alphabetical order)

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 6, 2018).

ISBN:

3-11-068429-2

3-11-052673-5

OCLC:

1020033307

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access.