The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany: Volume 42

by Chris Young, Kay Schiller, Christopher Young

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520262158
• ISBN13: 9780520262157
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"