Diplomatic games: sport, statecraft, and international relations since 1945

Front cover
......Page 1
Copyright
......Page 5
Contents
......Page 6
Introduction
......Page 8
1. “A Game of Political Ice Hockey”
......Page 26
2. Steadfast Friendship and
Brotherly Help
......Page 60
3. Welcoming the “Third World”
......Page 92
4. Forging Africa-Caribbean
Solidarity within the
Commonwealth?
......Page 124
5. Peronism, International Sport,
and Diplomacy
......Page 158
6. A More Flexible Domination
......Page 190
7. The Cold War Games of a Colonial Latin American Nation
......Page 224
8. “Our Way of Life against Theirs”
......Page 258
9. “Fuzz Kids” and “Musclemen’’
......Page 304
10. The White House Games
......Page 334
11.  Reclaiming the Slopes......Page 368
12. Politics First, Competition Second......Page 392
13. Reds, Revolutionaries,
and Racists
......Page 416
Conclusion
......Page 438
Acknowledgments
......Page 454
Selected Bibliography
......Page 458
Contributors
......Page 484
Index
......Page 488