Title:Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
Author:Hilton, Christopher
Price:AUD$14.95 (about USD$9.70)
ISBN:9780750942928
Item ID:P002-7673
Quantity:1
Publisher:Sutton Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, 2006
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good (ex-library)
Dust Jacket:Very Good
First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 244 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust jacket has been protected by it's library plastic cover.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The Berlin Olympic Games, more than 70 years on, remain the most controversial ever held. This book creates a vivid account of the disputes, the personalities, and the events which made these Games so memorable. Ironically, the choice of Germany as the host nation for the 1936 Olympics was intended to signal its return to the world community after defeat in World War I. In actuality, Hitler intended the Berlin Games to be an advertisement for Germany as he was creating it, and they became one of the largest propaganda exercises in history. Two German Jews competed in the Games while the most memorable achievement was that of black American Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals. Ultimately, however, Germany was the overall biggest medal winner. The popular success of Owens allowed the Nazis to claim that their policies had no racial element and charges of antisemitism that did arise were leveled at the Americans. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Germany; 1930s; ISBN: 0750942924. ISBN/EAN: 9780750942928. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7673.