The 1972 Munich Olympics and the making of modern Germany / Kay Schiller and Christopher Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiller, Kay.

Contributor:

Young, Christopher, 1967-

Series:

Weimar and now ; 42.

Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Germany--Munich.

Terrorism.

Athletes--Violence against--Germany--Munich.

Athletes.

Germany--Politics and government--20th century.

Germany.

Olympic Games--(20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany)--History.

Olympic Games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Urban, State, and National Capital

3. The Legacy of Berlin and the German Past

4. Germany on the Drawing Board

5. After "1968"

6. East versus West

7. The End of the Games

8. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612660832

9781282660830

1282660837

9780520947580

0520947584

OCLC:

656359238