Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
Athletics and politics collide in a critical event for Nazi Germany and the contemporary world.
The torch relay―that staple of Olympic pageantry―first opened the summer games in 1936 in Berlin. Proposed by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, the relay was to carry the symbolism of a new Germany across its route through southeastern and central Europe. Soon after the Wehrmacht would march in jackboots over the same terrain.Country | USA |
Brand | W. W. Norton & Company |
Manufacturer | W. W. Norton & Company |
Binding | Hardcover |
ItemPartNumber | 9780393058840 |
ReleaseDate | 2007-04-17 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780393058840 |