International Security and the Olympic Games, 1972-2020 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

Drawing on new archival documents and interviews, this book demonstrates the evolving role of international politics in Olympic security planning. Olympic security concerns changed forever following the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) choice to ignore security after the attack in Munich left individual Olympic Games Organizing Committees to organize, fund, and provide security for the major international event. Future Olympic hosts planned security amidst increasing numbers of international terrorist attacks, and with the Cold War in full swing. For some Olympic hosts, Olympic security now represented their nation's largest ever military operations. By the time the IOC made security more of a priority in the early 1980s, the trends in Olympic security were set for the future.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
Release date:	August 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Austin Duckworth
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	206
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-105132-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	3-03-105132-7
Barcode:	9783031051326

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