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Defending the American Way of Life
Sport, Culture, and the Cold War
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Defending the American Way of Life
Sport, Culture, and the Cold War
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Winner, 2019 NASSH Book Award, Anthology.
The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing the importance of culture in the battle for hearts and minds, the United States, like the Soviet Union, attempted to win the favor of citizens in nonaligned states through the soft power of sport. Athletes became de facto ambassadors of US interests, their wins and losses serving as emblems of broader efforts to shield American cultureâboth at home and abroadâagainst communism.
In Defending the American Way of Life, leading sport historians present new perspectives on high-profile issues in this era of sport history alongside research drawn from previously untapped archival sources to highlight the ways that sports influenced and were influenced by Cold War politics. Surveying the significance of sports in Cold War America through lenses of race, gender, diplomacy, cultural infiltration, anti-communist hysteria, doping, state intervention, and more, this collection illustrates how this conflict remains relevant to US sporting institutions, organizations, and ideologies today.
The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing the importance of culture in the battle for hearts and minds, the United States, like the Soviet Union, attempted to win the favor of citizens in nonaligned states through the soft power of sport. Athletes became de facto ambassadors of US interests, their wins and losses serving as emblems of broader efforts to shield American cultureâboth at home and abroadâagainst communism.
In Defending the American Way of Life, leading sport historians present new perspectives on high-profile issues in this era of sport history alongside research drawn from previously untapped archival sources to highlight the ways that sports influenced and were influenced by Cold War politics. Surveying the significance of sports in Cold War America through lenses of race, gender, diplomacy, cultural infiltration, anti-communist hysteria, doping, state intervention, and more, this collection illustrates how this conflict remains relevant to US sporting institutions, organizations, and ideologies today.
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North American HistoryTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Series Editorâs Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Sport and American Cold War Culture
- Part I. The War of Words: Presenting and Contesting America through Sport
- Part II. Winning the âRightâ Way: High Performance, Amateurism, and the American Moral Compass
- Part III. Making Men and Defining Women: Femininity, Masculinity, and the Politics of Gender
- Part IV. Addressing the âAchilles Heelâ: Race and the Cold War at the Periphery
- Part V. Manipulating the Five Rings: Public Diplomacy, Statecraft, and the Olympic Games
- Conclusion. Olympic Spectacles in the Next âAmerican Centuryâ: Sport and Nationalism in a PostâCold War World
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index